skimble-skamble /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.[Y]ou should hae made a' things plain and positive to Katherine. Such skimble-skamble, yea and nay kind o' ways willna do wi' women. — 1886 noun1 •Gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense.Did you read his skimble-skamble about * * being at the head of his own profession, in the eyes of those who followed it? — 1818
