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Meaning of "jabberwock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JABBERWOCK

jabberwock  [ˈdʒæbəˌwɒk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JABBERWOCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jabberwock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JABBERWOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

jabberwock

Jabberwocky

"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book tells of Alice's adventures within the back-to-front world of a looking glass. In an early scene in which she first encounters the chess piece characters White King and White Queen, Alice finds a book written in a seemingly unintelligible language. Realising that she is travelling through an inverted world, she recognises that the verse on the pages are written in mirror-writing. She holds a mirror to one of the poems, and reads the reflected verse of "Jabberwocky". She finds the nonsense verse as puzzling as the odd land she has passed into, later revealed as a dreamscape. "Jabberwocky" is considered one of the greatest nonsense poems written in English. Its playful, whimsical language has given English nonsense words and neologisms such as "galumphing" and "chortle".

Definition of jabberwock in the English dictionary

The definition of jabberwock in the dictionary is the fictional monster in Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky. Other definition of jabberwock is nonsense language or verse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JABBERWOCK


KWOC
kwɒk
TWOC
twɒk
wok
wɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JABBERWOCK

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Jabal ar Rahm
Jabalpur
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jabberwockies
jabberwocky
jabbing
jabbingly
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Jabir ibn Hayyan
jabiru
jaborandi
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jaboticaba

WORDS THAT END LIKE JABBERWOCK

block
building block
clock
cock
digital clock
dock
eight o´clock
Hitchcock
in stock
knock
lock
on the block
out of stock
rock
sherlock
shock
stock
the Rock
unblock
unlock

Synonyms and antonyms of jabberwock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jabberwock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JABBERWOCK

Find out the translation of jabberwock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jabberwock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jabberwock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Jabberwock就
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

galimatazo
570 millions of speakers

English

jabberwock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Jabberwock
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jabberwock
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Jabberwock
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jabberwock
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jabberwock
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jabberwock
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jabberwock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jabberwock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャバウォック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저놈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jabberwock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Jabberwock
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jabberwock
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जबबरवॉक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Jabberwock
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Jabberwock
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Jabberwock
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Jabberwock
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Jabberwock
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Jabberwock
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

jabberwock
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

jabberwock
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Monterey
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jabberwock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JABBERWOCK»

The term «jabberwock» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JABBERWOCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jabberwock

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JABBERWOCK»

Discover the use of jabberwock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jabberwock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jabberwock: Improbabilities Lived and Imagined by James ...
Folders contain the script and a photocopy, with extensive manuscript annotations, cast list, blocking, cues, stage directions, casting notes, and a letter of Jerome Lawrence addressed to Roy Bowen.
Jerome Lawrence, James Thurber, Robert Edwin Lee, 1974
2
Beware the Jabberwock
One-act play based on the poem "Jabberwocky" from Lewis Carroll's 'Through the looking-glass.'
Ron Nicol, 2009
3
Jabberwock:
A squad of soldiers takes a ride out to the middle of nowhere, thinking the Lieutenant sent them there as just punishment for posting pictures of his old lady.
JC Andrijeski, 2013
4
Night of the Jabberwock
In the small town of Carmel City, it's just another Thursday night for longstanding editor and Lewis Carroll aficionado Doc Stoeger as he puts his weekly newspaper to bed.
Fredric Brown, 2010
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...Beware the Jabberwock, My Son
A squad of soldiers takes a ride out to the middle of nowhere, thinking they "re being punished for posting pictures of the Lieutenant "s old lady.
J. C. Andrijeski, 2010
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Design Patterns in Fluid Construction Grammar
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Luc Steels, 2011
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How to Bag a Jabberwock: A Practical Guide to Monster Hunting
In remote and hidden places, strange and deadly creatures lurk.
Jack Union, 2012
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Jabberwocky
An illustrated version of the classic nonsense poem from "Through the Looking Glass."
Lewis Carroll, 2008
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Jabberwock Ephemera
Posters, announcements, and a calendar of events (for June 1967) held at Jabberwock from January-August 1967.
Jabberwock (Berkeley, Calif.), 1967
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Essay Writing: Teaching the Basics from the Ground Up
He left it dead, and with its hed He went galumphing back. One — two. One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumph-ig back. And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Jock Mackenzie, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JABBERWOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jabberwock is used in the context of the following news items.
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Will HP Lovecraft's ancient deity give his name to a feature on Pluto?
My favourite suggestions, though, are for Pluto's moon Hydra, where Smaug and the Jabberwock are up against Egyptian demon of chaos ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Jabberwock-inspired Spaghetti Circus show aims for Com Games
AERIAL stunts from fig tree branches, back flips off farm machinery and handstands on stilts will be just some of the death-defying displays from ... «Northern Star, Jul 15»
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EXCLUSIVE: The Expanse's James SA Corey talk TV adaptation …
Night of the Jabberwock, Friends of Eddie Coyle, old Cornell Woolrich novels. Stuff like that. For comics, I always pick up Astro City collections ... «Blastr, Jul 15»
4
Mount Spock? Pluto's Features Could Get 'Star Trek' Names
And on tiny, tiny Hydra, there could be a Mount Smaug or Mount Jabberwock. Still, we can't emphasize this enough: This is a wish list. For one ... «Popular Mechanics, Jul 15»
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When did The Gruffalo become the only children's book in the world?
Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! And you'll see what I mean. Even the most untutored student of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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My uncle, the Jersey Devil: One man's quest to set the record …
The papers called the beast a "Woozlebug" and a "Jabberwock" as it tore across the Jersey countryside. The Times of Trenton printed cartoon ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
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Looking for Lewis Carroll's Wonderland in today's Oxford
... original illustrations of the Jabberwock. (As the tree was planted in 1620, Dodgson certainly would have noticed it.) In another of the drawings ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
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Courting Disaster: When Good Reactions Go Bad
(A claim that would do honor to the Jabberwock.) On the other hand, he no doubt must actually be personally overjoyed at the decision, ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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UpStage presents 'Dance on Widow's Row'
It was then performed in Alexandria for the Alexandria Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority's Jabberwock, again as an audience ... «The Advocate, Jun 15»
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland celebrates 150 years of wonderful …
... with their robust use of dark cross-hatchings that make the fantasy creatures seem so solid and real, and the Jabberwock so terrifying. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Jabberwock [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/jabberwock>. May 2024 ».
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