jargon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    patois; argot; cant; vernacular; slang; lingo.
    • they don't speak our lingo
  2. noun a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
    jargoon.
  3. noun specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

WordNet

Jar"gon noun
Etymology
F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, as acronyms, used by specialists
Jar"gon intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jargon ; present participle & verbal noun Jargoning
Definitions
  1. 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.
Jar"gon noun
Etymology
E.jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zargn gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

Webster 1913