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gibberish

/ˈɡɪbɚɪʃ/

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What does gibberish mean?

noun

  1. Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
  2. Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
  3. A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡɪbɚɪʃ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It is with this gibberish about continuous flashes of atoms of reason that men pretend to build up science to-day!
Jean-Henri FabreBramble-Bees and OthersTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3421
He spread a tattered cloth in front of him, and muttered some unintelligible gibberish, unceasingly making strange passes with his arms.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818
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And thus an old idolator at heart, he yet lived among these Christians, wore their clothes, and tried to talk their gibberish.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
One morning I was just getting out of bed, "this gibberish, this jargon" as the enemy likes to call it, began to come.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558