gibberish

gib·ber·ish  (jbr-sh)

n.

1. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.

2.

a. Highly technical or esoteric language.

b. Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language.

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

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gibberish [ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ]

n

1. rapid chatter like that of monkeys

2. incomprehensible talk; nonsense

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gibberish - unintelligible talking               gibber hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning 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

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gibberish

noun nonsense, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), crap (slang), garbage (informal), jargon, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), babble, pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), prattle, mumbo jumbo, moonshine, jabber, gabble, gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), blather, double talk, piffle (informal), all Greek (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), yammer (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) When he did speak to her, he spoke gibberish.

Translations

gibberish [ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ] N → galimatías m inv, guirigay m

gibberish [ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ] n → charabia m
to talk gibberish → bredouiller

gibberish

n → Quatsch m (inf); (= foreign language, baby’s gibberish) → Kauderwelsch nt

gibberish [ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ] n → parole fpl senza senso

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gibberish [ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ] n → parole fpl senza senso