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But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that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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Fathers shushed babbling toddlers as their wives snuck out to change infants’ diapers.—
Carlos Nogueras Ramos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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This stunning 215-foot-tall limestone arch was carved over many years by babbling Cedar Creek.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Want to chat about Connections?—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Instead, security officials — their faces blurred from view — appeared to chat amicably with their American interlocutors as Karelina and Petrov looked on.—
Charles Maynes,
NPR,
10 Apr. 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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Nevertheless, the animals’ recurring presence throughout the season visualizes the chattering, anxious feeling that governs the existential turmoil endured by many of the souls haunting the Thai White Lotus resort.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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As Melissa chatters away about her dreams, Shauna’s mind wanders.—
Esther Zuckerman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Edward isn’t the only person on the show who spouts this nonsense, though, which makes the world of Prime Target so oddly endearing.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stop this nonsense and get a real job.—
Charles Moss,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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He is drooled over by the biggest clubs around.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Symptoms from scorpion stings — such as burning at the sting site, drooling.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
3 Mar. 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 center of the flower comes out for faster water flow, or remove it altogether if your cat would rather drink from a lower, springlike burble.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
31 Mar. 2025
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There are a handful of moments where synthesized washes burble and soar, the net effect of arena lights splashing onto a crowd of thousands.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Gibber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibber. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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