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jab·ber

(jăb′ər)

v. jab·bered, jab·ber·ing, jab·bers

v.intr.

To talk rapidly or unintelligibly.

v.tr.

To utter rapidly or unintelligibly.

Rapid or babbling talk.

[Middle English javeren, of imitative origin.]

jab′ber·er n.

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jabber

(ˈdʒæbə)

to speak or say rapidly, incoherently, and without making sense; chatter

such talk. Also called: jabbering

[C15: of imitative origin; compare gibber¹]

ˈjabberer n

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jab•ber

(ˈdʒæb ər)
v.i., v.t.

1. to speak rapidly, indistinctly, or nonsensically; chatter.

2. rapid, or nonsensical talk.

[1490–1500; appar. imitative]

jab′ber•er, n.

jabber

Past participle: jabbered
Gerund: jabbering

Imperative
jabber
jabber

Present
I jabber
you jabber
he/she/it jabbers
we jabber
you jabber
they jabber

Preterite
I jabbered
you jabbered
he/she/it jabbered
we jabbered
you jabbered
they jabbered

Present Continuous
I am jabbering
you are jabbering
he/she/it is jabbering
we are jabbering
you are jabbering
they are jabbering

Present Perfect
I have jabbered
you have jabbered
he/she/it has jabbered
we have jabbered
you have jabbered
they have jabbered

Past Continuous
I was jabbering
you were jabbering
he/she/it was jabbering
we were jabbering
you were jabbering
they were jabbering

Past Perfect
I had jabbered
you had jabbered
he/she/it had jabbered
we had jabbered
you had jabbered
they had jabbered

Future
I will jabber
you will jabber
he/she/it will jabber
we will jabber
you will jabber
they will jabber

Future Perfect
I will have jabbered
you will have jabbered
he/she/it will have jabbered
we will have jabbered
you will have jabbered
they will have jabbered

Future Continuous
I will be jabbering
you will be jabbering
he/she/it will be jabbering
we will be jabbering
you will be jabbering
they will be jabbering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jabbering
you have been jabbering
he/she/it has been jabbering
we have been jabbering
you have been jabbering
they have been jabbering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jabbering
you will have been jabbering
he/she/it will have been jabbering
we will have been jabbering
you will have been jabbering
they will have been jabbering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jabbering
you had been jabbering
he/she/it had been jabbering
we had been jabbering
you had been jabbering
they had been jabbering

Conditional
I would jabber
you would jabber
he/she/it would jabber
we would jabber
you would jabber
they would jabber

Past Conditional
I would have jabbered
you would have jabbered
he/she/it would have jabbered
we would have jabbered
you would have jabbered
they would have jabbered

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Noun	1.	jabber - rapid and indistinct speech gabble, jabbering gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking
Verb	1.	jabber - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

jabber

verb chatter, rabbit (on) (Brit. informal), ramble, mumble, babble, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), drivel, yap (informal), tattle, gabble, blather, blether, run off at the mouth (slang), prate I left them there jabbering away

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jabber

verb

1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly:

babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, prate, prattle.

2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on.

Informal: go on, spiel.

Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak.

Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.

noun

1. Unintelligible or foolish talk:

babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle.

2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:

babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk.

Slang: gab, gas, yak.

Translations

يَتَكَلَّم بِسُرْعَه

brebentit

plapre

schwatzen

παραλήρημα φλυαρία

bredouiller

masa, blaîra

borbottio farfugliare

pļāpāt

bełkotbełkotaćgadaninatrajkotać

anlaşılmaz şekilde konuşmak

急促而不清楚地说闲聊

jabber

[ˈdʒæbəʳ]

A. N [of person] (= fast talk) → chapurreo m, farfulla f; (= chatter) → cotorreo m; (= noise) → algarabía f; [of monkeys] → chillidos mpl
a jabber of French → un torrente de francés
a jabber of voices → un jaleo de voces

B. VT → farfullar

C. VI (= talk fast) → farfullar; (= chatter) → charlotear, parlotear; [monkeys] → chillar
they were jabbering away in Russian → charloteaban or parloteaban en ruso

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jabber

[ˈdʒæbə^r]

vt [+ words] → bredouiller, bafouiller; [+ foreign language] → baragouiner

vi (= talk quickly) → baragouiner

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jabber

vt → (daher)plappern (inf); poem, prayers → herunterrasseln, abhaspeln (inf)

vi (also jabber away) → plappern, schwätzen, quasseln (inf); they sat there jabbering away in Spanish → sie saßen da und quasselten spanisch (inf)

n → Geplapper nt, → Gequassel nt (inf), → Geschnatter nt

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jabber

[ˈdʒæbəʳ]

1. vi (person) → ciarlare, chiacchierare; (monkey) → schiamazzare
they were jabbering away in Russian → parlavano fitto fitto in russo

2. vt → farfugliare, borbottare

3. n (of person) → chiacchierio, cicaleccio; (of monkey) → schiamazzo

jabber

(ˈdʒӕbə) verb

to talk idly, rapidly and indistinctly. The women are always jabbering with one another.

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