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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Jargon

/jär'-gən/ · Jar·gon · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/
01 n. Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish.
  1. 1.
    Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish.
  2. 2.
    an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.
    “The jargon which serves the traffickers.” Johnson.
02 v. i. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
imp. & p. p. Jargoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning
  1. 1.
    To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
    “The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.” Longfellow.
03 n. A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
  1. 1.
    A variety of zircon. See Zircon.(Min.) See: Zircon