gibberish

(jĭb'ər-ĭsh)
n.

1. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.
2. 1. Highly technical or esoteric language.
   2. Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language.

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

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noun

1. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle. See words.
2. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or language: abracadabra, double talk, gobbledygook, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo. See clear/unclear, words.
3. Esoteric, formulaic, and often incomprehensible speech relating to the occult: abracadabra, hocus-pocus, mumbo jumbo. See clear/unclear, supernatural, words.

n

Definition: nonsense talk
Antonyms: sense

For a list of words related to gibberish, see:

• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles
• Drivel and Silly Talk

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - volapyk, kaudervælsk, uforståeligt vrøvl, pludren

Nederlands (Dutch)
wartaal

Français (French)
n. - galimatias

Deutsch (German)
n. - konfuses Zeug, Geschwafel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ασυναρτησίες, ακαταλαβίστικα, άναρθρες κραυγές

Italiano (Italian)
farneticamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jargão (m), algaravia (f)

Русский (Russian)
тарабарщина

Español (Spanish)
n. - desvaríos, galimatías, farfulla, monserga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pladdrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胡言乱语, 无意义的声音

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡言亂語, 無意義的聲音

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 횡설수설

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 訳の分からないおしゃべり, 意味をなさない話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثرثرة, كلام غير مفهوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קשקוש, מלמול‬

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