GIBBERISH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unintelligible talking

Synonyms:

gibber; gibberish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gibberish" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gibberish"):

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)

Derivation:

gibber (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys)