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Gibberish - 5 dictionary results

gib⋅ber⋅ish

  [jib-er-ish, gib-]
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–noun
1. meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
2. talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.
Origin:
1545–55; appar. gibber + -ish 1 , on the model of language names so formed

Synonyms:
1. nonsense, foolishness, babble, gabble, drivel, gobbledegook.
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gib·ber·ish   (jĭb'ər-ĭsh)   
n.  
  1. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.
    1. Highly technical or esoteric language.
    2. Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language.

[Probably from gibber, to speak unintelligibly (of imitative origin) + -ish.]
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Gibberish

Gib"ber*ish\, n. [From Gibber, v. i.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. --Drayton.

Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. --Hawthorne.

Gibberish

Gib"ber*ish\, a. Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
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Language Translation for : Gibberish
Spanish: galimatías, jerigonza,
German: das Geschwafel, das Kauderwelsch,
Japanese: ちんぷんかんぷん
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gibberish 
c.1554, imitative of the sound of chatter, probably influenced by jabber. Used early 17c. of the language of rogues and gypsies.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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