Usually means: Nonsensical, confusing or meaningless language.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. mumbo jumbo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mumbo jumbo: Merriam-Webster
  3. mumbo jumbo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mumbo jumbo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mumbo jumbo: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mumbo jumbo: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mumbo-Jumbo, mumbo-jumbo, mumbo jumbo: Wordnik
  8. mumbo jumbo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mumbo-jumbo, mumbo jumbo: Wiktionary
  10. mumbo jumbo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. mumbo jumbo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Mumbo Jumbo, mumbo-jumbo, mumbo jumbo: Dictionary.com
  13. mumbo jumbo: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Mumbo Jumbo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. mumbo jumbo: Rhymezone
  17. Mumbo Jumbo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Mumbo Jumbo: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. mumbo jumbo: FreeDictionary.org
  20. mumbo jumbo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. mumbo-jumbo, mumbo jumbo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Mumbo jumbo: Phrase Finder

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. mumbo jumbo: A Word A Day
  2. mumbo jumbo: Idioms
  3. mumbo-jumbo: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mumbo Jumbo, mumbo-jumbo: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mumbo jumbo)

noun:  (historical) A deity or other supernatural being said to have been worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol.
noun:  (religion) Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fraudulent.
noun:  (by extension) Any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish.

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