"gobbledygook" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-gobbledygook.ogg Forms: gobbledygooks [plural]
Etymology: First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} gobbledygook (usually uncountable, plural gobbledygooks)
  1. (informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Translations (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language): 天書 (Chinese Mandarin), 天书 (tiānshū) (Chinese Mandarin), hatmatilka [feminine] (Czech), bavl [neuter] (Danish), kaudervælsk [neuter] (Danish), sludder [neuter] (Danish), vrøvl [neuter] (Danish), koeterwaals [neuter] (Dutch), galimatio (Esperanto), liirumlaarum (Finnish), diibadaaba (Finnish), hölynpöly (Finnish), charabia [masculine] (French), gloubi-boulga [masculine] (French), Geschwafel [neuter] (German), Kauderwelsch [neuter] (German), Gibberisch [neuter] (German), Gromolo [neuter] (German), halandzsa (Hungarian), maszlag (Hungarian), blabla (Hungarian), hadova (Hungarian), hablaty (Hungarian), fesserie [feminine, plural] (Italian), sciocchezze [feminine, plural] (Italian), supercazzola (Italian), idiozie [feminine, plural] (Italian), 珍紛漢紛 (chinpunkanpun) (Japanese), reo kihi (Maori), tullprat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vrøvl [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaudervelsk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), galimatias [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bełkot [masculine] (Polish), algaravia [feminine] (Portuguese), галиматья́ (galimatʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), galimatijas [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lupetanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gallimatias (Swedish), rappakalja (Swedish), dravel (Swedish), struntprat (Swedish), goja (Swedish), strunt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gobbledygook-en-noun-pjxG73mG Disambiguation of 'nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language': 97 3
  2. (informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Translations (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner): kapulakieli (Finnish), galimatias [masculine] (French), Fachchinesisch [neuter] (German), geschwollenes Zeug (note: not idiomatic) [neuter] (German), aufgeblasenes Gesülze (note: not idiomatic) [neuter] (German), bikkfanyelv (Hungarian), burocratese (Italian), reo kihi (Maori), fikonspråk (Swedish), högtravande kanslistil (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gobbledygook-en-noun-qijhSxZQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gobbledegook, gobblygook, garbley gook, gobbly-gook Derived forms: gobbledygooker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
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    {
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    }
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      "tags": [
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        "Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language."
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          "nonsense"
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          "meaningless"
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          "encrypted",
          "encrypted"
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        "(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language."
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        "usually"
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        "Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner."
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        [
          "complex",
          "complex"
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        [
          "incoherent",
          "incoherent"
        ],
        [
          "incomprehensible",
          "incomprehensible"
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        "(informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner."
      ],
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        "usually"
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    {
      "word": "gobbledegook"
    },
    {
      "word": "gobblygook"
    },
    {
      "word": "garbley gook"
    },
    {
      "word": "gobbly-gook"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "天書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiānshū",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "天书"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hatmatilka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bavl"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kaudervælsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sludder"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vrøvl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koeterwaals"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "galimatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "liirumlaarum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "diibadaaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "hölynpöly"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "charabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gloubi-boulga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geschwafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kauderwelsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gibberisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gromolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "halandzsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "maszlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "blabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "hadova"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "hablaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fesserie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sciocchezze"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "supercazzola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "idiozie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinpunkanpun",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "珍紛漢紛"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "reo kihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tullprat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vrøvl"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaudervelsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "galimatias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bełkot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "algaravia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "galimatʹjá",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "галиматья́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galimatijas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lupetanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "gallimatias"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "rappakalja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "dravel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "struntprat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "goja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "strunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "kapulakieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galimatias"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fachchinesisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "not idiomatic",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "geschwollenes Zeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "not idiomatic",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aufgeblasenes Gesülze"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "bikkfanyelv"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "burocratese"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "reo kihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "fikonspråk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "högtravande kanslistil"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Maury Maverick",
    "gobbledygook"
  ],
  "word": "gobbledygook"
}

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