argle-bargle
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɑrɡəlˌbɑrɡəl/
- Archaic
- She grew tired of all the argle-bargle and left the room in frustration.
Examples
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After hours of argle-bargle, the committee still couldn’t reach a decision.
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Their meeting was filled with pointless argle-bargle instead of productive discussion.
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The meeting was filled with argle-bargle that wasted everyone's time.
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I can't stand all this argle-bargle about the new policy.
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The meeting turned into a pointless argle-bargle about mundane office policies.
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After hours of argle-bargle, they still couldn't agree on what to order for lunch.
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I quickly lost interest in their argle-bargle about who won the last game.
Synonyms
88
3.5
Continuous talk about small things, often lively and noisy
39
3.9
Repeated small arguments about unimportant things that annoy people
26
4.2
A noisy argument about something unimportant
13
8.3
Loud, continuous talk about unimportant things
12
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
5
8.7
Silly talk about unimportant things
3
9.7
A lot of noisy talking about not important things
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
3
9.9
Talk that is silly and unimportant
2
5.8
Casual talk about small, unimportant things, often gossip
2
7.4
A noisy argument that lasts a long time
2
9.7
Unimportant repeating talk that gives no useful information
1
8.6
A noisy argument between people, often in public
1
9.9
Silly, unimportant talk that wastes time
1
9.5
Light talk between people with little meaning
1
8.9
Silly or unimportant talk that wastes time
1
9.9
A noisy argument between people about a small issue
1
9.9
Long, silly talk that has no useful meaning
1
9.9
Talk that is silly or not important
1
9.9
Talk that is false and not worth listening to
1
9.9
Untrue or silly talk that is not important
1
9.9
Talk that is useless and does not help
1
9.9
Silly talk that makes little sense
1
9.9
Arguing about small unimportant details to avoid making a decision
Continuous trivial talk that says nothing important
Light friendly talk about small unimportant things, often gossip
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Talk that is false and makes no sense
Unclear or silly talk without any real meaning
Antonyms
How Meaningful
- Formal
678
3.5
- Formal
∞
2.0
∞
1.4
45
2.7
- Archaic
1
9.9
523
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Argle-bargle is a playful rhyming pair, like argy-bargy, formed to sound like silly, noisy talk or argument. So, to call something argle-bargle is to say it is 'noisy, silly, or meaningless talk'.