jabber
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of jabber
Explanation
When someone starts to jabber, they start talking on and on about this or that, or that or this, in an excited, sometimes incoherent way. Jabber is a close cousin to blabber. When someone jabbers, sometimes their words seem to fly out of their mouths like quick punches (jabs!) from a boxer. Some examples of jabber? You know, like when someone has a hobby that you don’t really care about or understand but they won’t quit talking about it? Yeah, they jabber. Or your best friend is relating, without end, his excitement about the coming tiddlywinks championship and you comprehend neither the game nor its importance? That friend jabbers, too.
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Example Sentences
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“We have come here in sympathy for our brothers who lost their lives here,” said Imam Mansour Jabber, Druze cleric from Mt.
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2023
That’s where the chef, Abdul Jabber, once worked and where he learned to make the assorted curries he will prepare at this restaurant.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2020
I got in touch via Skype names, Jabber instant message accounts, email addresses and through website contact forms.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2016
I don't really want to ask my mum to open a Jabber account, since the last time I looked at her computer, she was trying to download the whole of Arabic.
From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2013
All the talk we ever have heard Uttered by bat, or beast, or bird— Hide or scale or skin or feather— Jabber it quickly and altogether!
From Bill's School and Mine A Collection of Essays on Education by Franklin, William Suddards
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