Definition of GIBBERISH

gibberish

Meanings

Plural: gibberishes

Noun

  • unintelligible talking
  • Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
  • Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
  • A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

Adj

  • unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

gibber

Scrabble Score: 17

gibberish is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gibberish is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gibberish is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

gibberish is a valid Words With Friends word