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- pronunciation:
- jar
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- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
technical or specialized words or language, as of a science or profession, sometimes considered to be unnecessary or confusing.
To be a successful lawyer you have to know all the legal jargon."A can of corn" is baseball jargon for a fly ball that is easy to catch.- synonyms:
- cant, idiom, lingo
- similar words:
- argot, parlance, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vocabulary
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definition 2: |
any confusing, pretentious, or meaningless words or language; gibberish.
This paragraph is full of jargon and really isn't saying anything.- synonyms:
- gibberish, gobbledygook, mumbo jumbo, patter
- similar words:
- babble, blather, bosh, flummery, gabble, gibber, hogwash, jabberwocky, nonsense, piffle, prattle, twaddle
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related words: |
abracadabra, cant, claptrap, jabber, talk, term |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
jargons, jargoning, jargoned |
definition: |
to speak or write using jargon.
- synonyms:
- cant
- similar words:
- babble, blather, gabble, gibber, jabber, patter, prattle
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