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Webster 1913 Edition

Gibberish

Gib′ber-ish

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Adj.

Unmeaning;

as,

gibberish

language

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Webster 1828 Edition

Gibberish

GIB'BERISH

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Noun.

[from gibber.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words.

GIB'BERISH

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Adj.

Unmeaning, as words.

Definition 2024

gibberish

gibberish

English

Noun

gibberish ‎(usually uncountable, plural gibberishes)

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
- Hawthorne
  Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.
Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

Synonyms

gibber
See also Wikisaurus:nonsense

See also

Translations

unintelligible speech or writing

Albanian: dërdëllisje
Arabic: رَطَانَة f ‎(raṭāna)
Armenian: դատարկաբանություն (hy) ‎(datarkabanutʿyun), ցնորք (hy) ‎(cʿnorkʿ)
Breton: gregach (br)
Bulgarian: безсмислицa f ‎(bezsmislitsa), непонятен говор ‎(neponjaten govor)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亂語, 乱语 ‎(luànyǔ), 胡言亂語 (zh), 胡言乱语 (zh) ‎(húyán luànyǔ), 胡話 (zh), 胡话 (zh) ‎(húhuà)
Czech: páté přes deváté, hatmatilka f, galimatyáš (cs) m
Danish: vrøvl n, volapyk n, kaudervælsk (da) n, nonsens (da) n
Dutch: gewauwel (nl) n, koeterwaals (nl) n, wartaal (nl)
Esperanto: galimatio
Finnish: siansaksa (fi)
French: baragouin (fr) m, charabia (fr) m, galimatias (fr) m
Georgian: გაუგებარი მეტყველება ‎(gaugebari meṭq̇veleba), გაუგებარი ყბედობა ‎(gaugebari q̇bedoba), აბდაუბდა (ka) ‎(abdaubda)
German: Kauderwelsch (de) n, Kokolores (de) m, Gequassel (de) n, Geschwafel (de) n
Greek: ασυναρτησίες (el) ‎(asynartisíes), αλαμπουρνέζικα (el) ‎(alampournézika)
Hebrew: קַשְׁקֶשֶׁת (he) ‎(qásh'qeshet) גִ׳יבְּרִישׁ ‎(jibrish)
Hungarian: badarság (hu), zagyvaság (hu)
Icelandic: djöflaþýska f, golfranska f

Ido: jargono (io)
Indonesian: pepesan kosong, bahasa raban
Irish: gibiris f
Italian: farfuglio (it) m, borbottio m
Japanese: でたらめ (ja) ‎(detarame), ちんぷんかんぷん ‎(chinpunkanpun)
Kashubian: bùlbòt m
Korean: 횡설수설 ‎(hoengseolsuseol)
Limburgish: krièmerwelsj
Macedonian: брборење n ‎(brbórenje), баботење n ‎(babótenje)
Maori: kōrero hunuru, reo kihi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kaudervelsk, vrøvl n, vås n, kaudervelsk m, sprøyt (no) n
Polish: jazgot m, bełkot (pl) m
Portuguese: algaravia (pt) f
Russian: тараба́рщина (ru) f ‎(tarabárščina), невня́тность (ru) f ‎(nevnjátnostʹ), белиберда́ (ru) f ‎(beliberdá), галиматья́ (ru) f ‎(galimatʹjá), абракада́бра (ru) f ‎(abrakadábra)
Scottish Gaelic: goileam m
Spanish: algarabía f, farfulla (es) f, monserga (es) f
Swedish: nonsens (sv)
Tagalog: alimim, alim-im
Turkish: saçma (tr)

needlessly obscure or overly technical language

Arabic: ثَرْثَرَة f ‎(ṯarṯara), بَرْبَرَة f ‎(barbara)
Bulgarian: технически жаргон m ‎(tehničeski žargon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亂語, 乱语 ‎(luànyǔ), 胡言亂語 (zh), 胡言乱语 (zh) ‎(húyán luànyǔ), 胡話 (zh), 胡话 (zh) ‎(húhuà)
Czech: hatmatilka f, ptydepe n
Dutch: visserslatijn (nl) n
Finnish: heprea (fi), munkkilatina
Georgian: გაუგებარი ‎(gaugebari), ტექნიკური ენა ‎(ṭekniḳuri ena)

Japanese: ちんぷんかんぷん ‎(chinpunkanpun)
Polish: jazgot m, bełkot (pl) m
Portuguese: jargão (pt) m
Russian: тараба́рщина (ru) f ‎(tarabárščina), белиберда́ (ru) f ‎(beliberdá), бессмы́слица (ru) f ‎(bessmýslica)
Scottish Gaelic: goileam m
Spanish: jerga (es) f, galimatías (es) m
Turkish: jargon (tr)

Adjective

gibberish ‎(comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish)

unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

References

↑ Mackay, Charles A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, pp. 183-184, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887