gibber

verb gib·ber \ ˈji-bər \

|Updated on: 9 May 2018

Examples: gibber in a Sentence

Definition of gibber

gibbered; gibbering play \ˈji-b(ə-)riŋ\

intransitive verb

: to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly

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gibber

noun

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Examples of gibber in a Sentence

What are they gibbering about now?
Calm down! You sound like a gibbering idiot!

Recent Examples of gibber from the Web

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, "Never Solved, a College Dorm Fire Has Become One Man’s Obsession," 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, "Why Is Tucker Carlson Talking About ‘Sex-Crazed’ Pandas?," 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, "Review: ‘Wakey, Wakey’ Stars Life and Death," 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, "Grip: The Strange World of Men, by Gilbert Hernandez," 1 Mar. 2002

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