GOBBLEDEGOOK

Meaning of GOBBLEDEGOOK in English

[ 'gɒb(ə)ldɪˌgu:k , -ˌgʊk ]

(also gobbledygook )

■ noun informal meaningless or unintelligible language, especially when over-technical or pompous.

Origin

1940s (orig. US): prob. imitating a turkey's gobble.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

GOBBLEDEGOOK — noun see: gobbledygook
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GOBBLEDEGOOK — noun see gobbledygook
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — n. writing which uses complex phrases and fancy words, vague bureaucratic jargon
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GOBBLEDEGOOK — see gobbledygook
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — gobbledegook, gobbledygook BrE AmE ˈɡɒb ə l di ɡuːk -ɡʊk AmE \ ˈɡɑːb-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — (also gobble·dy·gook ) / ˈgɒbldiguːk; NAmE ˈgɑːbl-/ noun [ U ] ( informal ) complicated language that is difficult to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GOBBLEDEGOOK — n. (also gobbledygook) colloq. pompous or unintelligible jargon. [prob. imit. of a turkeycock]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GOBBLEDEGOOK — n. (also gobbledygook) colloq. pompous or unintelligible jargon. [ prob. imit. of a turkeycock ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — n. (also gobbledygook) colloq. pompous or unintelligible jargon. Etymology: prob. imit. of a turkeycock
Oxford English vocab
GOBBLEDEGOOK — see gobbledygook
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — see gobbledygook
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GOBBLEDEGOOK — gobbledygook [noun] [U] [informal] [disapproving] - language, esp. used in official letters, forms and statements, which seems difficult or meaningless …
Cambridge English vocab
GOBBLEDEGOOK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — Conglomerate, often trash. Inconsequential, incomprehensible. Example: Your essay was gobbledegook, almost as if you pasted it up randomly from invented …
Slang English vocab
GOBBLEDEGOOK — n. 25B6; noun (informal) GIBBERISH, claptrap, nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, mumbo-jumbo, blather, blether; N. Amer. garbage; informal drivel, tripe, hogwash, baloney, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOBBLEDEGOOK
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GOBBLEDEGOOK — пустой набор слов
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GOBBLEDEGOOK — пустой набор слов
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
GOBBLEDEGOOK — пустой набор слов
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
GOBBLEDEGOOK — пустой набор слов
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
GOBBLEDEGOOK — напыщенная, малопонятная официозная речь, характерная для бюрократических документов
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
GOBBLEDEGOOK — пустой набор слов
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GOBBLEDYGOOK — also gobbledegook noun Etymology: irregular from gobble, noun Date: 1944 wordy and generally unintelligible jargon
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIBBERISH — /jib"euhr ish, gib"-/ , n. 1. meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing. 2. talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAFFLEGAB — — bafflegabber , n. /baf"euhl gab'/ , n. Slang. confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook: an insurance policy written in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAFFLEGAB — n. (Slang) gobbledegook; nonsense
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GOBBLEDYGOOK — ➡ gobbledegook
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOBBLEDYGOOK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Concise Oxford English vocab

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