gibber
Gibberish, unintelligible speechGibberish, unintelligible speech.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Gibberish, unintelligible speech.
unintelligible talking
(Australia)A stone or rock, of chalcedony or similar mineral, found strewn over arid regions of inland Australia; a gibber stone.
(Australia, colloquial)Any small rock or stone, especially one used for throwing.
A balky horse.
1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber
(Australia, obsolete)A large boulder or rocky outcrop; also, an overhanging rock formation.
Origin
Uncertain; usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish (see gibberish for more).Uncertain; usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish (see gibberish for more).
From Dharug giba.
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Forms
plural: gibbersSynonyms
1 synonyms- unintelligible talking:gibberish
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable