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jab·ber | \ ˈja-bər 
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\jabbered; jabbering\ ˈja-b(ə-)riŋ \
\Definition of jabber
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
: to speak rapidly or indistinctly
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Other Words from jabber
Verb
jabberer \ ˈja-bər-ər \ noun
\ nounSynonyms for jabber
Synonyms: Verb
- babble,
- blab,
- cackle,
- chaffer
- [British],
- chat,
- chatter,
- chin
- [slang],
- converse,
- gab,
- gabble,
- gas,
- jaw,
- kibitz
- (also kibbitz),
- natter,
- palaver,
- patter,
- prate,
- prattle,
- rap,
- rattle,
- run on,
- schmooze
- (or shmooze),
- talk,
- twitter,
- visit
Synonyms: Noun
- abracadabra,
- babble,
- blabber,
- burble,
- double Dutch,
- double-talk,
- drivel,
- gabble,
- gibber,
- gibberish,
- jabberwocky,
- mumbo jumbo,
- nonsense,
- prattle,
- slobber
Examples of jabber in a Sentence
Verb
They jabbered away for hours.
She rushed into the room jabbering something about a dog. Noun
to me the baby's speech was simply jabber, but his mother claimed to know exactly what he was saying
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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — but Robert Mueller isn’t one of them.
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John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: Dems should be blaming themselves," 28 July 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun But that’s just verbal jabber mixed with persuasion and cheerleading.
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Los Angeles Times, "Gov. Newsom’s California Health Corps to fight coronavirus is unprecedented. Now he needs to produce," 6 Apr. 2020 Other studies on the subject of the marijuana munchies show that, in spite of all the jibber-jabber about health and wellness in the cannabis community, most cannabis users still want junk food when they are stoned.
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Mike Adams, chicagotribune.com, "Is legal marijuana creating more junk food junkies?," 23 Sep. 2019 Apparently, all this talk of darkness sprung from some jibber jabber about a solar eclipse.
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Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Lions don't let solar eclipse keep them in the dark," 21 Aug. 2017
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More Definitions for jabber
jabber
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of jabber
informal : to talk in a fast, unclear, or foolish way
See the full definition for jabber in the English Language Learners Dictionary
jabber
verbjab·ber | \ ˈja-bər \
\jabbered; jabbering
Kids Definition of jabber
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to talk too fast or not clearly enough to be understood
What are you jabbering about?
jabber
nounKids Definition of jabber (Entry 2 of 2)
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