gibbering
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present participleof gibber.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
gibberverb (used without object)to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
Example Sentences
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Wodehouse never exhausted the counterpoint between Bertie’s slangy gibbering and half-remembered literary allusions with Jeeves’ carefully modulated responses: “Very well, Jeeves, you agree with me that the situation is a lulu?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
“Wash your hands, wash your hands” the prime minister kept gibbering last night.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2020
Being a good host doesn’t mean you have to spend two hours gibbering in horror, being glared at by innocent people just trying to enjoy a nice meal.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2020
Hermes leads them, gibbering like bats, past various underworld landmarks, the white rock of Leukas, etc., and on their way they pass the δῆμον ὀνείρων, which Homer leaves undescribed and unexplained.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2018
Pyat Pree was gibbering in some unknown tongue and hopping from one foot to the other.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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