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单词 gobbledegook
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gobbledegook in British English

or gobbledygook (ˈɡɒbəldɪˌɡuːk)
noun
pretentious or unintelligible jargon, such as that used by officials
Word origin
C20: whimsical formation from gobble2

Examples of 'gobbledegook' in a sentence
gobbledegook

What on earth does this gobbledegook mean?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The rest of her statement was like wading through gobbledegook.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The action centres on a couple of gingerbread cutters who speak excited gobbledegook.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Others go too fast and end up with gobbledegook.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He admitted it was deliberately written in gobbledegook.
The Sun (2009)

Synonyms of 'gobbledegook'

nonsense, jargon, babble, cant
More Synonyms of gobbledegook
(noun) 
Definition
pretentious or unintelligible language
When he asked questions, all he got back was bureaucratic gobbledegook.
Synonyms
nonsense
Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
jargon
babble
lots of babble about strategies and tactics
cant
twaddle
He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.
gibberish
When he did speak to her, he spoke gibberish.
mumbo jumbo
It's all full of psychoanalytic mumbo jumbo.
jabber
gabble
rigmarole
He gave me some rigmarole about the train being late.
malarkey
double talk
Greek (informal)
officialese
hocus-pocus
bizzo (Australian, slang)
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of babble
Definition
muddled or foolish speech
lots of babble about strategies and tactics
Synonyms
gibberish,
waffle (informal, British),
drivel,
twaddle
in the sense of gabble
Definition
rapid and indistinct speech
Synonyms
gibberish,
chatter,
jargon,
babble,
waffle (informal, British),
pap,
cackling,
drivel,
twaddle,
prattle,
blabber
in the sense of gibberish
Definition
rapid incomprehensible talk
When he did speak to her, he spoke gibberish.
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
babble,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
malarkey,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
prattle,
mumbo jumbo,
moonshine,
jabber,
gabble,
gobbledegook (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
blather,
double talk,
piffle (informal),
all Greek (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
yammer (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)

Nearby words of
gobbledegook

  • goat
  • gob
  • gobble
  • gobbledegook
  • goblet
  • god
  • godforsaken

Synonyms of 'gobbledegook'

gobbledegook

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