jabber

[ jab-er ]
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter.

noun
  1. rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.

Origin of jabber

1
1490–1500; apparently imitative; cf. gibber, gab1

Other words from jabber

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

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How to use jabber in a sentence

  • Hardly had we gone two more blocks when the screaming and jabbering monkey fell upon us.

    Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
  • On shore, we were at once surrounded by a mob of jabbering Hatiens, speaking—well, its hard to say just what.

  • Instantly they began to crowd round him, a dozen jabbering all at once.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
  • We could hear them shouting, screaming, and jabbering, and the dogs barking.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for jabber

jabber

/ (ˈdʒæbə) /


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

noun
  1. such talk

Origin of jabber

1
C15: of imitative origin; compare gibber 1

Derived forms of jabber

  • jabberer, noun

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