GIBBER

gibberish, gibber

(noun) unintelligible talking

gibber

(verb) chatter inarticulately; of monkeys

chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble

(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gibber (countable and uncountable, plural gibbers)

Gibberish, unintelligible speech.

Verb

gibber (third-person singular simple present gibbers, present participle gibbering, simple past and past participle gibbered)

To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.

Synonyms

• See also chatter

Etymology 2

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

(AU) A boulder, a stone; a mass of stone. [from 18th c.]

Etymology 3

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

A balky horse.

Source: Wiktionary


Gib"ber, n. Etym: [From Gib to balk.]

Definition: A balky horse. Youatt.

Gib"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering.] Etym: [Akin to jabber, and gabble.]

Definition: To speak rapidly and inarticulately. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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