gibber
verb (used without object)
to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
was gibbering
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past progressiveof gibber.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
He was gibbering and mouthing as he fawned upon Tode and pressed his hand to his hairy face.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Harry Bates
One side of his face was working convulsively, and he was gibbering and mowing the air with his hand.
From The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections by Ellen Terry
He was gibbering in the Stygian tongue, though in a dialect unfamiliar to her.
From Red Nails by Robert E. Howard
He was gibbering like an angry ape: his frame was shaking with fury: every hair in the tangle on his face and hands seemed to bristle with his Berserker frenzy.
From The Man with the Clubfoot by Valentine Williams
