Usually means: Complex, unnecessary procedure or talk.
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  1. rigmarole: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rigmarole: Merriam-Webster
  3. rigmarole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rigmarole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rigmarole: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rigmarole: Vocabulary.com
  7. rigmarole: Wordnik
  8. rigmarole: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rigmarole: Wiktionary
  10. rigmarole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rigmarole (rigamarole): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rigmarole: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rigmarole, rigmarole: Dictionary.com
  14. rigmarole: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. rigmarole: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Rigmarole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rigmarole: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rigmarole: Rhymezone
  19. Rigmarole: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rigmarole: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. rigmarole: FreeDictionary.org
  22. rigmarole: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Rigmarole: The Word Detective
  24. rigmarole: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Rigmarole: World Wide Words
  26. rigmarole: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rigmarole: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rigmarole: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A long and complicated procedure that seems tiresome or pointless; seemingly unnecessary hoops.
noun:  Nonsense; confused and incoherent talk.
adjective:  Prolix; tedious.

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