Definitions by tangles10
jabberwocky
adj. 1. like the Jabberwock. 2. ridiculous, impossible, or nonsensical; quixotic.
Unfortunately, Tim Burton's 2010 film "Alice in Wonderland" has perpetuated the misconception that "jabberwocky" is a noun. It is not. The poem exclusively refers to the creature as the "Jabberwock".
Unfortunately, Tim Burton's 2010 film "Alice in Wonderland" has perpetuated the misconception that "jabberwocky" is a noun. It is not. The poem exclusively refers to the creature as the "Jabberwock".
Christopher Lee, the actor who plays the Jabberwock in Tim Burton's film, is somewhat jabberwocky in appearance himself, if you ask me.
jabberwocky by tangles10 April 25, 2010
Jabberwock
1. n. a fictional monster appearing in the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. In the poem, a "beamish boy" slays the Jabberwock by beheading it. The Jabberwock is described as having "eyes of flame", living in a "tulgey wood" and "whiffling" and "burbling" as as it moves. John Tenniel, the original illustrator of the poem, drew the Jabberwock as a bipedal anthropomorphic dragon creature with a long, bending neck, a sucker-like mouth with four comically large and flat incisors, two barbels and two antennae, a fringe of long white whiskers, large hairy talon-like hands (with a thumb and three fingers each) and humanlike feet (with three toes each), pupil- and iris-less eyes, two black wings, a long tail, and a waistcoat.
2. n. made-up words, such as those used by Lewis Carroll in the poem "Jabberwocky".
3. n. a text which exemplifies such made-up words, such as "Jabberwocky", "The Owl and the Pussycat", and everything by Dr. Seuss.
4. n. any nonsense or gibberish.
2. n. made-up words, such as those used by Lewis Carroll in the poem "Jabberwocky".
3. n. a text which exemplifies such made-up words, such as "Jabberwocky", "The Owl and the Pussycat", and everything by Dr. Seuss.
4. n. any nonsense or gibberish.
1) The creature is called a "Jabberwock", not a "Jabberwocky". Sorry, Tim Burton.
2) When I read Dr. Seuss I sometimes get confused by all the jabberwock.
3) "The Owl and the Pussycat", from which we have derive the word "runcible spoon", is a famous jabberwock.
4) Shut your jabberwock! I'm trying to study.
2) When I read Dr. Seuss I sometimes get confused by all the jabberwock.
3) "The Owl and the Pussycat", from which we have derive the word "runcible spoon", is a famous jabberwock.
4) Shut your jabberwock! I'm trying to study.
Jabberwock by tangles10 April 25, 2010