yabber

American  

[yab-er] / ˈjæb ər /

noun

Australian.

1. jabber.

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yabber British  

/ ˈjæbə /

verb

1. (intr) to talk or jabber

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noun

1. talk or jabber

Etymology

Origin of yabber

First recorded in 1870–75; perhaps alteration, by association with jabber, of a word based on ya- “speak, talk,” in Gabi (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Maryborough district, southern Queensland)

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Example Sentences

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yabber

Imagine the aching loneliness, the black pool of terrifying existential angst, that might be encountered in a whole six minutes’ absence from all our yabber, yabber, yabber over 365 days.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2018

To make this seem exciting, they'd yabber that "the net" was "closing", or read out exhaustive lists of how many the guns the police had.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2010

Eulah was the first to detect what they said, and reining up called out "hold on, you hearim, that one bin yabber English." the brothers halted and listened.

From Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland by Frederick J. Byerley

"Where that plenty fellow money you yabber me vesterday?"

From The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Louis Becke

He handed the "paper yabber" to Sax, and disappeared.

From In the Musgrave Ranges by Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey) Sayce

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