GIBBERED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

gibbered

verb

past tense of gibber

as in shouted

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly stop gibbering, and pull yourself together!

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Morales shouted at reporters as he was led into an NYPD vehicle.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Depp hobbled around — supported by a cane, sporting a dusty top hat, and ensconced behind a wrought iron gate — while fans shouted out questions.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026

Definition of shouted

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Flow Space chatted with two leading experts about the best ways to keep your eyes healthy in midlife and beyond.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026
Anne also met with South Korea’s president Lee Jae Myung and chatted with members of the K-pop group NMIXX, who joined the Princess Royal for a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 July 2026

Definition of chatted

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Last season was a different situation, as the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces sputtered for the first two-thirds of the regular season before ending it on a 16-game winning streak.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Of course, there’s the concern of how previous overseas talent has fared at UCLA as a roster with five European players in their first year of college basketball sputtered to a 16-17 season in 2023-24.

— Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 9 July 2026

Definition of sputtered

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This was 1872, and the pious (and patronizing) commentators of the time muttered that Damien’s unvarnished personality was due to his simple farm upbringing in rural Belgium.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of muttered

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Bandito almost rolled up Kyle Fletcher for an early win, and this rattled Fletcher—who suffered his first pinfall of the year against Bandito earlier this year.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Trump has been pressing allies to spend more on defense and join the conflict in Iran while at the same time threatening to seize by force Greenland from NATO-member Denmark, a move that rattled Europeans and the alliance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

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