5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to
E. garrulous, or gargle.]
Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an
artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. ``A
barbarous jargon.'' --Macaulay. ``All jargon of the
schools.'' --Prior.
The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jargon \Jar"gon\ (j[aum]r"g[o^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Jargoned} (-g[o^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jargoning}.]
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds;
to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.
--Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [E. jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers.
zarg?n gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. {Zircon}.] (Min.)
A variety of zircon. See {Zircon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See {Jargon}
a variety of zircon.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a
brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A
red variety, used as a gem, is called {hyacinth}. Colorless,
pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called
{jargon}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jargon
n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: {cant}, {slang},
{lingo}, {argot}, {patois}, {vernacular}]
2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
[syn: {jargoon}]
3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
particular subject