gibberish
noun
gib·ber·ish
ˈji-brish 
ˈji-bə-rish
ˈji-bə-rish
ˈgi-
: unintelligible or meaningless language:
a
: a technical or esoteric (see esoteric sense 1) language
The doctors spoke to one another in their medical gibberish that I was unable to follow.
b
: pretentious or needlessly obscure language
The substance of the philosopher's work is buried in polysyllabic gibberish.
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Examples of gibberish in a Sentence
She was talking gibberish in her sleep.
was so excited he could only talk gibberish
Recent Examples on the Web
All of which, to me as an American, read as gibberish.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 July 2024
Relayed the same message, Foster opened his office door and started yelling indecipherable gibberish as other coaches filled the room.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Complicated instructions sound like gibberish to him, and his frustration resulted in outbursts Smith described as volcanic.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
Like other cleanup-only antivirus tools, Malwarebytes Free can't do anything once your files are already transformed into encrypted gibberish.
—PCMAG, 14 June 2024
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 July 2024
Relayed the same message, Foster opened his office door and started yelling indecipherable gibberish as other coaches filled the room.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Complicated instructions sound like gibberish to him, and his frustration resulted in outbursts Smith described as volcanic.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
Like other cleanup-only antivirus tools, Malwarebytes Free can't do anything once your files are already transformed into encrypted gibberish.
—PCMAG, 14 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for gibberish
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“Gibberish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gibberish. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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gibberish
noun
gib·ber·ish
ˈjib-(ə-)rish
ˈgib-
ˈgib-
: confused meaningless talk
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