Meaning

1 senses

  1. To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.

More definitions
  • chatter inarticulately; of monkeys
  • speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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).

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Forms

gibbers, gibbering, gibbered, gibbered
Base formgibber · to gibber
3rd person singulargibbers
Present participlegibbering
Past simplegibbered
Past participlegibbered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygibber
he, she, itgibbers

Past simpleLesson

all personsgibbered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gibbered
he, she, ithas gibbered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gibber

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedgibberish
Derivedagibbergibberergibbersome

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ghostlyC1ghoulgiantB1gibberishgibbongiddy
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