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Gibber

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gib⋅ber

  [jib-er, gib-]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
2. to speak foolishly; chatter.
–noun
3. gibbering utterance.
Origin:
1595–1605; orig. uncert.; perh. freq. of gib (obs.) to caterwaul (see gib 2 ); sense and pronunciation influenced by assoc. with jabber
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gib·ber   (jĭb'ər)   
intr.v.   gib·bered, gib·ber·ing, gib·bers
To prattle and chatter unintelligibly.
n.  Unintelligible or foolish talk.

[Probably back-formation from gibberish.]
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gibber

rock- and pebble-littered area of arid or semi-arid country in Australia. The rocks are generally angular fragments formed from broken up duricrust, usually silcrete, a hardened crust of soil cemented by silica (SiO2). The gravel cover may be only one rock fragment deep, or it may consist of several layers buried in fine-grained material that is thought to have been blown in. A gibber is generally considered a result of mechanical weathering because silica is almost inert to chemical weathering.

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