noun · uncountable · rare

gibberish

тарабарщина

белиберда, тарабарщина, птичий язык, абракадабра

Geschwafel, Kauderwelsch, Kokolores, Gequassel

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaninglessSpeech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

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/ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/

» This is gibberish.

Это околёсица.

Это бессмыслица.

Это галиматья.

Meaning

3 senses

(uncountable, usually)Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
Kauderwelsch, Kokolores, Gequassel
тараба́рщинаtarabárščina, невня́тностьnevnjátnostʹ, белиберда́beliberdá
тараба́рщинаtarabárščyna
unintelligible talking
(uncountable, usually)Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
Fachchinesisch
тараба́рщинаtarabárščina, белиберда́beliberdá, бессмы́слицаbessmýslica
(uncountable, usually)A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

Examples

24 sentences

This is gibberish.
ruЭто околёсица.
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This is gibberish to me.
Це для мене звучить як нісенітниця.
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Elias screamed all sorts of gibberish.
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Kalman started yelling some deep-throated gibberish.
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Tom was talking a lot of gibberish.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

unintelligible speech or writing:

Русский

By meaning 2

unintelligible speech or writing:

needlessly obscure or overly technical language:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

unintelligible speech or writing:

needlessly obscure or overly technical language:

Origin

First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic or

First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.

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