gibberish, gibber
(noun) unintelligible talking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gibberish (usually uncountable, plural gibberishes)
Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.
• gibber
• See also nonsense
gibberish (comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish)
unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless
Source: Wiktionary
Gib"ber*ish, n. Etym: [From Gibber, v. i.]
Definition: 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.
Gib"ber*ish, a.
Definition: Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
