A set of confused and meaningless statements

• Complicated process
• Petty set of procedures
• Song and dance
• A long and complicated and confusing procedure

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And at each location they visit, Huckle and Lowly have to go through the same setup rigamarole again.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a set of confused and meaningless statements [syn: rigmarole ] a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" [syn: rigmarole ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly US English) (alternative form of rigmarole English)