The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
jabber, jabbering, gabble
(noun) rapid and indistinct speech
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jabbering
present participle of jabber
jabbering (countable and uncountable, plural jabberings)
Speech that jabbers; gibberish.
Source: Wiktionary
Jab"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Jabbering.] Etym: [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.]
Definition: To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. Swift.
Jab"ber, v. t.
Definition: To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French. Addison.
Jab"ber, n.
Definition: Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. Swift.
Jab"ber, n.
Definition: One who jabbers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.