"gobbledygook" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈɡɒbəldɪɡuːk\, ˈɡɒbəldɪɡuːk Audio: En-us-gobbledygook.ogg Forms: gobbledygooks [plural]
  1. Charabia, galimatias.
    Sense id: fr-gobbledygook-en-noun-apW3csfR Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gobbledegook, gobbledegoo

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Alternative forms

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