RIGAMAROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rigamarole mean? 

• RIGAMAROLE (noun)
  The noun RIGAMAROLE has 2 senses:

1. a set of confused and meaningless statements

2. a long and complicated and confusing procedure

  Familiarity information: RIGAMAROLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGAMAROLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A set of confused and meaningless statements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rigamarole; rigmarole

Hypernyms ("rigamarole" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A long and complicated and confusing procedure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rigamarole; rigmarole

Context example:

all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time

Hypernyms ("rigamarole" is a kind of...):

procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)