to yabber
- verb
- /ˈjæbər/
- Australian
:
hablar sin parar
- She loves to yabber about the latest gossip with her friends every weekend.
Examples
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Maybe the racists will start yabbering about the fans who love Rue next. Idiots, all of them.
Blog text (10) -
Naomi, you gonna sit there yabbering on my time, head on back, help Mailene with the washing.
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Because lunch is just about ready, and I know Kelly ain't gonna be much help today since he's steady yabbering my ear off about this Barney guy.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the party, everyone was yabbering about trivial matters and laughing together.
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If you keep yabbering, we'll never finish our work on time.
Synonyms
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
14
9.0
Talk loudly for a long time while complaining
8
6.5
To talk quickly and excitedly in a way that is hard to understand
5
8.6
To make quick unclear sounds when you are nervous or excited
5
6.6
To talk for a long time about small boring things
3
8.8
To talk a lot about unimportant things in an annoying way
3
8.4
To talk quickly about small, unimportant things
2
7.7
To talk a lot in an annoying, noisy way
1
8.4
To talk without stopping in an annoying way
1
7.9
To talk quickly and unclearly so others cannot understand you
1
6.9
To talk a lot about small unimportant things
1
9.9
To speak very fast so others cannot understand
1
8.7
To talk for a long time in a noisy, excited way about small things
1
9.1
Talk for a long time in a way that annoys other people
To speak quickly in a confused or silly way
To talk a lot about unimportant things
To talk for a long time about unimportant things in a silly way
To talk for a long time in a casual or boring way
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
To yabber is like jabber or yap—words that copy the sound of fast talking—so to 'yabber' is to talk quickly and without much meaning. That's why we use yabber as a verb for talking on and on about small things.