gabber
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- noun
- Slang
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- At the party, she was the biggest gabber, always sharing stories and making everyone laugh.
Examples
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My uncle is a true gabber; he can talk for hours about his travel adventures.
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The radio show featured a gabber who discussed the latest trends in electronic music.
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My Aunt Florence, a famous gabber, kept my mother on the line for 25 minutes as I cleared the table and washed the dishes.
Fiction book (2002) -
She was a phony, just another gabber.
Synonyms
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A person who talks a lot and often does not stop
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A person who talks very fast and is hard to understand
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A person who talks quickly and too much, annoying others
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A person who talks a lot in a loud, annoying way
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A person who talks a lot and often annoys others
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A person who talks a lot about small, unimportant things
A person who talks quickly about unimportant things
How Talkative
- Offensive
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- Informal
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- Slang
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gabber comes from the English verb gab meaning 'to talk' plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a gabber is literally 'one who talks', a very chatty person, and that image helps you remember someone who talks a lot or very quickly.