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JABBERWOCKY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jabberwocky mean?
• JABBERWOCKY (noun)
The noun JABBERWOCKY has 1 sense:
1. nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
Familiarity information: JABBERWOCKY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("jabberwocky" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
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