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单词 double-talk
释义

double-talk

noun

dou·​ble-talk ˈdə-bəl-ˌtȯk How to pronounce double-talk (audio)
1
: language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of sense and nonsense
2
: inflated, involved, and often deliberately ambiguous language
double-talk intransitive verb
double-talker noun

Synonyms

  • bafflegab
  • gibberish
  • gobbledygook
  • gobbledegook
  • rigmarole
  • rigamarole
  • song and dance
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Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

double-talk

noun

dou·​ble-talk
ˈdə-bəl-ˌtȯk
: language that seems to make sense but is actually a mixture of sense and nonsense

double-talk

noun

1
as in bafflegab
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions the reporter listened to the senator's double-talk for about 30 seconds, and then repeated the question

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bafflegab
  • gobbledygook
  • rhetoric
  • gibberish
  • gobbledegook
  • rigmarole
  • hype
  • legalese
  • psychobabble
  • bureaucratese
  • rigamarole
  • technobabble
  • computerese
  • song and dance
  • bombast
  • fustian
  • grandiloquence
  • educationese
  • oratory
  • governmentese
  • hot air
  • gas
  • wind
  • Pentagonese
2
as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk the man on the sidewalk rattled off some double-talk, shoved the petition in my face, and before I realized it, I had added my signature to the list

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • nonsense
  • babble
  • prattle
  • gibberish
  • jabberwocky
  • gabble
  • chatter
  • jabber
  • burble
  • drivel
  • mumbo jumbo
  • twaddle
  • gibber
  • blabber
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • abracadabra
  • slobber
  • double Dutch
  • gab
  • clatter
  • hocus-pocus
  • twitter
  • prate
  • tattle
  • patter
  • clack
  • hokeypokey
  • cackle
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