jabberer

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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.
n.
Rapid or babbling talk.

[Middle English javeren, of imitative origin.]

jab′ber·er n.
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Noun1.jabberer - someone whose talk is trivial drivel
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
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Regarding his character, he is an intriguer, jabberer, and demagogue; [he places] his well-being above all; he falls easily under the influence of other foreign students.
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One little non-stop jabberer called Harry is disturbingly strange.
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