nonsense
- Noun. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
- Noun. An untrue statement.
- Noun. Something foolish.
- Noun. (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- Noun. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- Verb. To make nonsense of.
- Verb. To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
- Verb. (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time.
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