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gobbledygook

gob·ble·de·gook
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gob-uh l-dee-goo k]
    • /ˈgɒb əl diˌgʊk/
    • /ˈɡɒbl.dɪ.ɡʊk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gob-uh l-dee-goo k]
    • /ˈgɒb əl diˌgʊk/

Definitions of gobbledygook word

  • noun gobbledygook language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports. 1
  • noun gobbledygook Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of abstruse technical terms ; nonsense. 1
  • noun gobbledygook nonsense, gibberish 1
  • uncountable noun gobbledygook If you describe a speech or piece of writing as gobbledygook, you are criticizing it for seeming like nonsense and being very technical or complicated. 0
  • noun gobbledygook talk or writing that is wordy, pompous, etc. and largely incomprehensible or meaningless 0
  • noun gobbledygook (Informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. 0

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Origin of gobbledygook

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; fanciful formation from gobble2

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Parts of speech for Gobbledygook

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gobbledygook popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for gobbledygook

noun gobbledygook

  • bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
  • baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
  • hooey — silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
  • cant — a salient angle.
  • rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.

Antonyms for gobbledygook

noun gobbledygook

  • sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.

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