gibbers

present tense third-person singular of gibber

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Verb
  • Zach Bryan shouts out the crowd on the London leg of his With Heaven on Tour on June 17.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
  • Roaring and grunting, his body sleek with blood and sweat, Conan tussles and grapples with a series of opponents, dominating them all, while an audience of torch-wielding vulgarians shouts and howls at the pit’s lip.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The teller babbles compulsively about past robberies, spilling details in a rush.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • Esperanza speaks Spanish in a phone interview with NPR, while her 9-month-old baby coos and babbles in the background.
    Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • But for ordinary Americans, for those of us without fame, wealth, or connections, the machinery of justice often sputters.
    Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2026
  • This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • The father, Man, prattles on about mowing the lawn, painting the fence, and managing their orchard’s irrigation, while the son periodically falls off his chair from boredom.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • As Paula finally reaches Detective Gonzalez and excitedly chatters about her wire transfer ruse, the wry officer isn’t amused.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Your dad mutters for head movement, for cage cutting, for not playing off the back and creating distance.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom powers America’s economy, rattles its job market, and shapes its national security priorities, political leaders are struggling for traction on how the government should seek to engage the technology, if at all.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
  • Israeli military warning rattles coastal city Israeli strikes over southern Lebanon continued, especially in and around the battered cities of Tyre and Nabatiyeh.
    Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • While Yahia chats with The Star, his daughter, Hannah, takes a tray of baklava out of the oven.
    Jenna Thompson June 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 10 June 2026
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“Gibbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibbers. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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