gibberish

/ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/

/ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/

Gibberish is nonsense sounds or writing. A baby's babble is often called gibberish. When someone is speaking a foreign language you don't understand, what they're saying may sound like gibberish to you.

To gibber or jabber is to talk rapidly and excitedly without making any sense. Gibberish, ending in -ish like Spanish or English — is the "language" of people who gibber and jabber. The word also applies to writing — if you have really bad handwriting, your teacher might say you write in gibberish. And if your teacher can somehow read your handwriting but your essay is poorly organized, the content of your writing can be called gibberish as well.

Definitions of gibberish

1. noun

   unintelligible talking
   synonyms: gibber

   types:

   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

   type of:

   bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality

   a message that seems to convey no meaning