jabber

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter.

noun

rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.

Origin:
1490–1500; apparently imitative; cf. gibber, gab¹

Related forms

jab·ber·er, noun

jab·ber·ing·ly, adverb

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jabber (ˈdʒæbə)

—vb
1.	to speak or say rapidly, incoherently, and without making sense; chatter

—n
2.	such talk

[C15: of imitative origin; compare gibber¹]

'jabberer

—n

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Word Origin & History

jabber

c.1440, jablen, javeren, jaberen, probably echoic.

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Slang Dictionary

jabber definition

[ˈdʒæbɚ]

n.
mindless chatter. : I've heard enough of your jabber.
in.
to chatter. : Come over and we'll jabber about things over coffee.
n.
a drug addict who injects drugs. (Drugs.) : These scars show that the victim was a jabber.

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Computing Dictionary

jabber definition

networking
When a network node transmits a packet longer than the maximum permissible length, usually due to a fault condition.
(1996-05-10)

Example sentences

Unfortunately there are many others who jabber and talk about their wonderful work, but do little or nothing that is worthwhile.

We've had fun getting together to jabber every week since last summer, and we've been grateful for your attention and feedback.

He went up to her and pretended to jabber wildly in her face.

The crowd knows this and starts to jabber, a tense ripple of collective excitement and nerves.

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Related Words

brabble chackle chatter gabble

gibber jamboree prattle yatter

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"Still, I'm much happier here, really in it than I've been for an age. People don't hate much at the front; there's no one to hate, except the poor devils across the way, whom they [the French soldiers] know to be as miserable as themselves. They don't talk hypocritical bosh about the beauty & manliness of war: they feel in their souls that if they weren't cowards they would have ended the thing long ago—by going home, where they want to be. And lastly and best, they don't jabber about atrocities—of course, everyone commits them—though about one story in a million that reaches our blessed Benighted States is true."

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