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| double-talk |
unintelligible or meaningless talk, usu. uttered rapidly, in which nonsense sounds are intermixed with real words. [1/3 definitions] |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. [1/3 definitions] |
| gibberish |
written or spoken words that are unintelligible, needlessly obscure, or without coherent meaning. |
| mumbo jumbo |
language or ritual activity that is unintelligible, meaningless, or confusing; hocus-pocus. |
| scramble |
to electronically distort (a radio or television signal or the like) and thus make (it) unintelligible without a special receiver. [1/10 definitions] |
| speaking in tongues |
an ecstatic utterance of largely unintelligible speechlike sounds that is viewed, esp. among Pentecostal groups, as a manifestation of profound religious experience; gift of tongues; glossolalia. |
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