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jabber

[ jab-er ]

/ ˈdʒæb ər /

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verb (used with or without object)

to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter.

noun

rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.

Origin of jabber

1490–1500; apparently imitative; cf. gibber, gab¹

OTHER WORDS FROM jabber

jab·ber·er, noun jab·ber·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby jabber

jaap, jab, jabal, jabalpur, jabari, jabber, jabberwocky, jabir, jabir ibn hayyan, jabiru, jaboatão

Example sentences from the Web for jabbering

Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”

Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire |William O’Connor |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Anne Marie was in her element, jabbering away in heavily accented Liberian English, the center of attention.

The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola |Sarah Crowe |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For some minutes the hordes of the Bow-legs clustered together, jabbering and waving their crude but massive clubs excitedly.

In the Morning of Time |Charles G. D. Roberts
What a strange language his jabbering seems, a running of one word into another!

Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present |Thomas Miller

There was an upflinging of brown, clenching hands, a shrill, jabbering babel of Mexican voices.

The Light of Western Stars |Zane Grey
With a piece of the idol in his hand, he roused Kathlyn and shook the clay before her face, jabbering violently.

The Adventures of Kathlyn |Harold MacGrath
I heard a row outside and jabbering, and then his voice speaking to an interpreter.

Twelve Stories and a Dream |H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for jabbering

jabber

/ (ˈdʒæbə) /

verb

to speak or say rapidly, incoherently, and without making sense; chatter

noun

such talk

Derived forms of jabber

jabberer, noun

Word Origin for jabber

C15: of imitative origin; compare gibber 1