noun · uncountable · rare

jabber

Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utteranceRapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.

ⓘ

/ˈd͡ʒæbə(ɹ)/

» Don't give me that jibber jabber.

Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable)Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
rapid and indistinct speech
One who or that which jabs.
(informal)One who administers a hypodermic injection.
A kind of hand-operated corn planter.

Examples

4 sentences

Don't give me that jibber jabber.
CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He spent the entire meeting jabbering about himself.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Luornu · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Stop your jabbering.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Eccles17 · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He spends all his time chatting online on Jabber.
ruОн тратит всё своё время на болтовню по джабберу.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Scott · A2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

From Middle English jaberen, javeren, chaveren (“to chatter, babble”), dissimilated forms

From Middle English jaberen, javeren, chaveren (“to chatter, babble”), dissimilated forms of jablen, chavelen (“to jabber”), from Middle English chavel ("jaw"; > modern English jowl). Equivalent to jowl + -er (iterative suffix).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: jabbers

Singular	jabber

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

rapid and indistinct speech:jabbering gabble

Word family

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable