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
Complicated instructions sound like gibberish to him, and his frustration resulted in outbursts Smith described as volcanic.
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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
Here again is a work of art in which every letter as well as every word has been studied and put into its fit place, which is a puzzle to the intellectual powers and utter gibberish to the corporeal understanding.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
According to sources cited by the news station, the agent spouted gibberish, was speaking incoherently and provoked another officer physically before shoving the special agent in charge.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2024
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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
Here again is a work of art in which every letter as well as every word has been studied and put into its fit place, which is a puzzle to the intellectual powers and utter gibberish to the corporeal understanding.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
According to sources cited by the news station, the agent spouted gibberish, was speaking incoherently and provoked another officer physically before shoving the special agent in charge.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 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 7 Jul. 2024.
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gibberish
noun
gib·ber·ish
ˈjib-(ə-)rish
ˈgib-
ˈgib-
: confused meaningless talk
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