🇬🇧🇨🇳 gibberish - 胡言乱语 : English Lesson

Meaning of "gibberish" ("胡言乱语"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Gibberish is speech or writing that sounds like real words but is actually mixed-up, silly, or nonsense so that other people can’t understand what it means.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I handed in my math test, and the teacher said my answers were beautiful… beautiful gibberish.

At 6 a.m., my brain only speaks sleepy gibberish like, 'Just five more… zzz… pancakes?'

When my baby brother tried to explain taxes, it just sounded like pure gibberish and drool.

I read my own handwriting and realized I had invented a new language made entirely of homework gibberish.

The baby’s story about his day was just cheerful gibberish, but everyone still clapped at the plot twist.

On a crowded bus a little boy chattered gibberish, hands waving. Passengers leaned, frowned — the words were gibberish, a bright puzzle. A baby next to him echoed gibberish; a woman tried to read the gibberish, then shrugged. He sang gibberish, people laughed; a kindly woman handed him a cookie and he beamed.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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