ALL meanings of mumbo jumbo
mum·bo jum·bo
M m - noun plural mumbo jumbo meaningless incantation or ritual. 1
- noun plural mumbo jumbo senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to obscure an issue, confuse a listener, or the like. 1
- noun plural mumbo jumbo an object of superstitious awe or reverence. 1
- noun plural mumbo jumbo (initial capital letters) the guardian of western Sudan villages symbolized by a masked man who combats evil and punishes women for breaches of tribal laws. 1
- noun mumbo jumbo nonsense talk 1
- noun mumbo jumbo jargon 1
- uncountable noun mumbo jumbo If you describe ideas or words, especially religious or technical ones, as mumbo jumbo, you mean that they are nonsense. 0
- noun mumbo jumbo foolish religious reverence, ritual, or incantation 0
- noun mumbo jumbo meaningless or unnecessarily complicated language 0
- noun mumbo jumbo an object of superstitious awe or reverence 0
- noun mumbo jumbo among certain West African tribes, an idol or god believed to protect the people from evil and terrorize the women into subjection 0
- noun mumbo jumbo any idol or fetish 0
- noun mumbo jumbo any object of fear or dread 0
- noun mumbo jumbo meaningless ritual 0
- noun mumbo jumbo gibberish 0