Gibberish Definition

jĭbər-ĭsh
noun
Rapid and incoherent talk; unintelligible chatter; jargon.
Webster's New World
Highly technical or esoteric language.
American Heritage
Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language.
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adjective

Unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

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Other Word Forms of Gibberish

Noun

Singular:
gibberish
Plural:
gibberishes

Origin of Gibberish

  • ca. 16th century. Either an onomatopeia, imitating to the sound of chatter, probably influenced by jabber, or derived from the root of the Irish gob (“the mouth”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from gibber –ish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gibberish Sentence Examples

  • He spoke in tear-filled gibberish she didn't understand, and she moved away to the door.

  • Later, when he woke up, he was talking normally, and not talking gibberish.

  • Most of his writings were gibberish to me; Sanskrit or Mayan glyphs came to mind.

  • The answer will be 30% repetition, 30% wild conjecture and 40% utter gibberish.

  • It is the voice of Julie herself, spouting gibberish from the fevered world her brain resides in, but disturbingly real gibberish.

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Words Starting With

GGIGIB

Words Ending With

HSHISH

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Words Starting With G and Ending With H

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