jab|ber|wock|y

jab|ber|wock|y
jab|ber|wock|y or Jab|ber|wock|y «JAB UHR|WOK ee», noun, adjective.
–n.
meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber.
–adj.
without meaning; having no sense: »

the jabberwocky school of modern verse, jabberwocky distortion.

[< Jabberwock, a fabulous animal in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-glass]

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  • Jab|ber|wock|y — or Jab|ber|wock|y «JAB UHR|WOK ee», noun, adjective. –n. meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber. –adj. without meaning; having no sense: »the jabberwocky school of modern verse, jabberwocky distortion. ╂[< Jabberwock, a fabulous animal… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wock — jab·ber·wock; …   English syllables

  • jab — ad·jab; be·jab·bers; jab·a·rite; jab·ber·er; jab·ber·wocky; jab·i·ru; jab·o·ran·di; ra·jab; jab; jab·ber; jab·ble; jab·ber·ing·ly; jab·ber·wock; …   English syllables

  • ber — cy·ber; cy·ber·cafe; cy·ber·citizen; cy·ber·culture; cy·ber·nat·ed; cy·ber·na·tion; cy·ber·naut; cy·ber·porn; cy·ber·punk; cy·ber·sex; cy·ber·space; cy·ber·speak; cy·ber·surfer; fi·ber·scope; lib·ber; ok·to·ber·fest; sa·ber·met·rics; zeit·ge·ber; …   English syllables

  • jabberwock — jab·ber·wock …   English syllables

  • jabberwocky — jab•ber•wock•y [[t]ˈdʒæb ərˌwɒk i[/t]] n. pl. wock•ies. (sometimes cap.) writing or speech with nonsensical words • Etymology: coined by Lewis Carroll in “Jabberwocky,” poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871) …   From formal English to slang

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