nonsense word/syllablenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnɒn.səns ˌwɜːd/us/ˈnɑːn.sens ˌwɝːd/specializedwords or parts of words that do not exist in the language you are using:
The child repeated the nonsense syllables "boo di doo doo".
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