to gibber
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8.6
- verb
- /ˈɡɪbər/
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- When the children spotted the snake, they began gibbering in excitement and fear.
All the dead have sunk down into the inner darkness under the Rhine, all witless, all twittering, gibbering, decaying boogeyman.
- All the dead have sunk down into the inner darkness under the Rhine, all witless, all twittering, gibbering, decaying boogeyman.
- But it can be transformed into something that's not just gibbering, not just critique as a commodity, we might say.
Examples
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After the unexpected news, she started gibbering nervously, making it hard to understand her.
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The seagulls follow us from the port at Caen, wheeling and gibbering, their elegant, black-tipped span of wings rising on each skirl of wind.
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm going to find a corner to gibber in until the future stops.
Blog text (16) -
What are you gibbering about?
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"He was gibbering with fear and crying, I think.
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When you stop gibbering, we're going to Vera's.
Fiction book (1999) -
Despite being a gibbering idiot, you fought honorably.
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You'll be gibbering down the driveway within the week.
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When I looked over in the morning, there was one rebel SAT up praying at the top of his lungs, and others were gibbering in insanity.
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The trio in the geri chairs would start gibbering away, like a Greek chorus, like sibyls, speaking in tongues.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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4.9
To speak in a low, unclear voice that is hard to understand
86
2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
75
4.4
Talk quickly in a silly way that is hard to understand
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6.5
To talk quickly and excitedly in a way that is hard to understand
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7.8
To talk too much and tell secrets carelessly
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7.5
To speak in short, broken sounds when angry or shocked
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8.4
To talk quickly about small, unimportant things
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7.9
To talk quickly and unclearly so others cannot understand you
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9.9
To speak very fast so others cannot understand
To speak quickly in a confused or silly way
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
To talk for a long time about unimportant things in a silly way
Talk in a light, silly way about other people
To talk in a slow, unclear way about unimportant things
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gibber probably comes from an old sound people used to copy for quick, meaningless talking, and it is like the words jabber and gibberish, which mean 'to chatter' and 'nonsense' respectively. So, to gibber is to make fast, confused sounds that are hard to understand.