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gib·ber
(jĭb′ər)intr.v. gib·bered, gib·ber·ing, gib·bers
To prattle and chatter unintelligibly.
n.
Unintelligible or foolish talk.
[Imitative.]
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gibber
(ˈdʒɪbə)vb
1. to utter rapidly and unintelligibly; prattle
2. (Zoology) (intr) (of monkeys and related animals) to make characteristic chattering sounds
n
a less common word for gibberish
[C17: of imitative origin]
gibber
(ˈɡɪbə)n
1. (Physical Geography) a stone or boulder
2. (Physical Geography) (modifier) of or relating to a dry flat area of land covered with wind-polished stones: gibber plains.
[C19: from a native Australian language]
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gib•ber
(ˈdʒɪb ər, ˈgɪb-)v.i.
1. to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
2. to speak foolishly; chatter.
n. 3. gibbering utterance.
[1595–1605; perhaps frequentative of gib (obsolete) to caterwaul (see gib2); sense and pronoun influenced by association with jabber]
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gibber
Past participle: gibbered
Gerund: gibbering
| Imperative |
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| Noun | 1. |  gibber - unintelligible talking abracadabra - gibberish and nonsense blather, blatherskite - foolish gibberish double Dutch - an incomprehensible talk double talk - deliberately unintelligible gibberish mumbo jumbo - language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion |
| Verb | 1. |  gibber - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlyblabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, blab, clack, maunder, chatter |
| 2. | gibber - chatter inarticulately; of monkeys |
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gibber
verb gabble, chatter, babble, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), prattle, jabber, blab, rabbit on (Brit. informal), blather, blabber Radio preachers were gibbering about the end of the world.
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gibber
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Translations
يَرطن، يُبَرْبِر
breptat
plabre
összevissza beszél
òvaîra, bulla
lementipaistalastauškalaiveblenti
murmulētvervelēt
tárať nezmysly
anlaşılmaz şekilde konuşmak
gibber
[ˈdʒɪbəʳ] VI [person] → farfullar, hablar atropelladamente; [monkey] → chillarto gibber with rage/fear → farfullar a causa de la ira/del miedo
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gibber
vi (ape) → schnattern; (foreigner) → plappern; he gibbered at me → er plapperte or schnatterte drauflos (inf); to gibber with rage/fear → vor Wut/Angst stammeln; a gibbering idiot → ein daherplappernder Idiot; I was a gibbering wreck by this stage → da war ich schon so nervös, dass ich nur noch Kauderwelsch herausbrachte
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gibber
[ˈdʒɪbəʳ] vi (monkey) → squittire confusamente; (idiot) → farfugliareto gibber with rage → non connettere più dalla rabbia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gibber
(ˈdʒibə) verb to make meaningless noises. He was gibbering with fear.
ˈgibberish (-riʃ) noun nonsense. His explanations are just gibberish to me.
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