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GIBBERISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unintelligible talking
Synonyms:
gibber; gibberish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gibberish" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gibberish"):
abracadabra (gibberish and nonsense)
babble; babbling; lallation (gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby)
blather; blatherskite (foolish gibberish)
double Dutch (an incomprehensible talk)
double talk (deliberately unintelligible gibberish)
gabble; jabber; jabbering (rapid and indistinct speech)
mumbo jumbo (language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion)
Derivation:
gibber (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys)
