gibber

gib·ber

 (jĭb′ər)

intr.v. gib·bered, gib·ber·ing, gib·bers

To prattle and chatter unintelligibly.

n.

Unintelligible or foolish talk.

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[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]

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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

gibber

gibber

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gibber - unintelligible talking     gibberish hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning abracadabra - gibberish and nonsense babble, babbling, lallation - gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby blather, blatherskite - foolish gibberish double Dutch - an incomprehensible talk double talk - deliberately unintelligible gibberish gabble, jabber, jabbering - rapid and indistinct speech mumbo jumbo - language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion
Verb	1.	gibber - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, blab, clack, maunder, chatter mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
	2.	gibber - chatter inarticulately; of monkeys let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

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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

verb

To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly:

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

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Translations

يَرطن، يُبَرْبِر

breptat

plabre

bibbernschwafeln

bégayer

összevissza beszél

òvaîra, bulla

farfugliare

lementipaistalastauškalaiveblenti

murmulētvervelēt

vrøvle

tárať nezmysly

anlaşılmaz şekilde konuşmak

叽里咕噜地说急促不清地说

gibber

[ˈdʒɪbəʳ] VI [person] → farfullar, hablar atropelladamente; [monkey] → chillar
to gibber with rage/fear → farfullar a causa de la ira/del miedo

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gibber

[ˈdʒɪbə^r] vi → bredouiller

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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) → farfugliare
to gibber with rage → non connettere più dalla rabbia

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gibber

(ˈdʒibə) verb

to make meaningless noises. He was gibbering with fear. brabbel يَرطن، يُبَرْبِر ломотя balbuciar breptat bibbern, schwafeln plabre λέω ασυναρτησίες farfullar, hablar atropelladamente pobisema جیغ و ویغ کردن sokeltaa bégayer לפטפט जलदी-जल्दी बोलना blebetati összevissza beszél meracau þvaðra, bulla borbottare, farfugliare わけの分からないことを言う 뜻모를 말을 빨리 지껄이다 lementi, veblenti murmulēt; vervelēt meraban brabbelenbable, plapre, vrøvlemamrotać چټيات ويل، اپلتې ( اپلاكى ) ويل algaraviar a bol­borosi говорить невнятно tárať nezmysly blebetati blebetati pladdra, sluddra คำที่ไม่มีความหมาย anlaşılmaz şekilde konuşmak (因害怕或震驚)語無倫次 бурмотіти بڑبڑانا nói lắp bắp （由于害怕或震惊而）急促不清地说，叽里咕噜地说

ˈgibberish (-riʃ) noun

nonsense. His explanations are just gibberish to me. brabbeltaal بَرْبَرَه، رَطانَه глупости tolice plácání das Geschwafel, das Kauderwelsch nonsens; volapyk ασυνάρτητα λόγια, ανοησίεςgalimatías, jerigonza loba زر زر hölynpöly charabia פטפט חסר פשר बेमतलब शब्द nerazumljive riječi érthetetlen beszéd omong kosong þvaður, bull parole incomprensibili ちんぷんかんぷん 허튼 소리 paistalas, tauškalai vervelēšana; vervelējums meraban koeterwaalsuforståelig vrøvl, kaudervelsk bzdury بې معنى خبرې،اپلاكى tolice nonsens тарабарщина táranie žlobudranje besmislen rappakalja, rotvälska ซึ่งพูดพล่อย ๆ; ซึ่งพูดไม่ชัด; ซึ่งพูดไร้สาระ anlamsız sözler 語無倫次 тарабарщина بے معنی گفتگو tiếng nói lắp bắp 莫名其妙的话

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