as in to babble
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
stop gibbering, and pull yourself together!
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as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
all I could get from her gibber was that something had exploded
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Recent Examples of gibber
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
—New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity?
—Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018
Mr. Eno is well aware of such dangers, and of all the other gibbering clichés people are reduced to when contemplating their ultimate ends.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017
In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet.
—Maurice Martin, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2002
Verb
But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
—New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity?
—Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018
Mr. Eno is well aware of such dangers, and of all the other gibbering clichés people are reduced to when contemplating their ultimate ends.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017
In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet.
—Maurice Martin, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2002
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibber
Verb
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After months of cooing and babbling at a baby, my adult vocabulary felt distinctly lacking, and my wine terms all but forgotten.—
Brittani Sonnenberg,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2025
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Sitting in her highchair in just a diaper, Townes babbled happily while attempting to chew the meat as juices ran down her body.—
Emma Aerin Becker,
People.com,
12 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Carson remembers an early meeting with McMahon: Carson was sitting in a conference room, casually chatting with her colleagues, when McMahon stepped into the room and commanded their attention.—
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Throughout the flight, the two chatted about their families and jobs, and the situation seemed settled.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
5 June 2023
Verb
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Sure, there are endless sources chattering to the tabloid that this was maybe an homage to one of West’s album covers or a master plan by West to troll the world and get attention, one that Censori cosigns.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
3 Feb. 2025
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Carolina arrived and started chattering at you in Spanish.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Writing nonsense just to make word / article quotas.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Baltimore Sun owes Baltimore Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker a headline apology and let this nonsense go.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Symptoms of poisoning include upset stomach, drooling, loss of appetite, depression of the central nervous system, convulsions and irregular heartbeat.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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While the animal may be seen drooling or swaying, which can spark fear of rabies, opossums are extremely resistant to the disease, according to the Humane Society of the United States.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
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The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The drag setting requires raised voices for conversation, while normal and sport settings recede to the background burble V8 fans will recognize.—
Mark Phelan,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Dec. 2024
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What weird burble in the zeitgeist has somehow manifested in lines of identical Chalamets?—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Gibber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibber. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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