Skimble-skamble
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Skimble-skamble is an adjective meaning Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.
Meaning
Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.
More Meanings
- Gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense.
Example Sentences
He spoke some skimble-skamble stuff and I asked a couple of questions, and then I had to laugh.
Did you read his skimble-skamble about * * being at the head of his own profession, in the eyes of those who followed it?
[Y]ou should hae made a' things plain and positive to Katherine. Such skimble-skamble, yea and nay kind o' ways willna do wi' women.
Some of this exuberant, large-scale movie is charming and inventive, and some of it is pitifully trashy, in the style of Ken Russell's skimble-skamble burlesques of [Pyotr Ilyich] Tchaikovsky, [Gustav] Mahler, and [Franz] Liszt.
Word Forms
- skimble-scamble
Synonyms for skimble-skamble
Depending on context, synonyms include absurd, cockamamie, cockeyed, farcical, foolish, irrational.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scrambling, scrabbly, scrambly, scramblesome, muddled, shuffly.
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