Bandersnatch~A swift moving creature with snapping jaws, capable of extending its neck. Beamish~Radiantly beaming, happy, cheerful. Borogove~A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, "something like a live mop". Brillig~Four o'clock in the afternoon, the time when you begin broiling things for dinner. Burbled~Possibly a mixture of "bleat", "murmur", and "warble". Chortled~Combination of chuckle and snort. Frabjous~a blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous. Frumious~Combination of "fuming" and "furious." Galumphing~ a way of "trotting" down hill, while keeping one foot further back than the other. Gimble~To make holes as does a gimlet. Gyre~To go round and round like a gyroscope. However, Carroll also wrote that it also meant to scratch like a dog. Jubjub~A desperate bird that lives in perpetual passion. Manxome~Fearsome; the word is of unknown origin. Mimsy~Combination of "miserable" and "flimsy". Mome~Possibly short for "from home," meaning that the raths had lost their way. Outgrabe~Something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle. Rath~A sort of green pig. Snicker-snack~An onomatopoeia of unclear meaning, possibly referring to sharpness. Slithy~Combination of "slimy" and "lithe." Tove~A combination of a badger, a lizard, and a corkscrew, curious looking creatures which make their nests under sundials and eat only cheese. Tulgey~Thick, dense, dark. Uffish~A state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish. Wabe~The grass plot around a sundial which goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it, and a long way beyond it on each side.