as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
to me the baby's speech was simply jabber, but his mother claimed to know exactly what he was saying
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1
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
please do not jabber during the rabbi's sermon
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2
as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
monkeys jabbering at each other in their cages
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Recent Examples of jabber
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
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Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
5 June 2023
That includes many of his new Florida State teammates who have discovered the defensive end’s propensity for jabber.
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Matt Murschel,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2022
Incriminating truths are borne along in the ever-rolling stream of online jabber; how can one man’s toxic underpants, nearly two years old, stand a chance against the slapping of Chris Rock at the Oscars, still less against the waves of disinformation?
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2022
Ohio State strength coach Mickey Marotti is getting in on the jibber jabber with some Michigan staffers in this clip.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
27 Nov. 2021
To paint like that required a meditative focus that was miles from my own internal jabber.
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Molly Crabapple,
The New York Review of Books,
8 July 2021
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
11 Feb. 2026
In the customs line, a knot of United interns jabbered about their plans to stay up all night and catch the flight back to Newark the following morning.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Nov. 2025
In an eventual 57-point Hurricanes victory, Stevenson was balling and jabbering about it, too, to every Wildcats pass catcher within earshot.
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Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
The first half hour is filled with the weirdly neutral techno jargon of soldiers jabbering code words into their headphones to what I (as a know-nothing) am tempted to call Mission Control.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Trump cannot stop jabbering about serving a potential third term, a blatant violation of the Constitution’s cap on terms Presidents can serve these days.
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Philip Elliott,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Sometimes the most confident and extroverted C-suite representatives turn to jabbering wrecks when a camera is placed in front of them.
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Nikos Lemanis,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
In our few minutes, Smoltz indulged a couple of jabbering old sports writers.
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Tom Murphy,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Asking Eric: These women jabber about the trip I wasn’t invited on.
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R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
15 Nov. 2024
Noun
Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
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Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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
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
That includes many of his new Florida State teammates who have discovered the defensive end’s propensity for jabber.
—
Matt Murschel,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2022
Incriminating truths are borne along in the ever-rolling stream of online jabber; how can one man’s toxic underpants, nearly two years old, stand a chance against the slapping of Chris Rock at the Oscars, still less against the waves of disinformation?
—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2022
Ohio State strength coach Mickey Marotti is getting in on the jibber jabber with some Michigan staffers in this clip.
—
Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
27 Nov. 2021
To paint like that required a meditative focus that was miles from my own internal jabber.
—
Molly Crabapple,
The New York Review of Books,
8 July 2021
Verb
Barely over a week ago the artist sat for a public talk, jabbering with fellow painter Dana Schutz.
—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
11 Feb. 2026
In the customs line, a knot of United interns jabbered about their plans to stay up all night and catch the flight back to Newark the following morning.
—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Nov. 2025
In an eventual 57-point Hurricanes victory, Stevenson was balling and jabbering about it, too, to every Wildcats pass catcher within earshot.
—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
The first half hour is filled with the weirdly neutral techno jargon of soldiers jabbering code words into their headphones to what I (as a know-nothing) am tempted to call Mission Control.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Trump cannot stop jabbering about serving a potential third term, a blatant violation of the Constitution’s cap on terms Presidents can serve these days.
—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Sometimes the most confident and extroverted C-suite representatives turn to jabbering wrecks when a camera is placed in front of them.
—
Nikos Lemanis,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
In our few minutes, Smoltz indulged a couple of jabbering old sports writers.
—
Tom Murphy,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Asking Eric: These women jabber about the trip I wasn’t invited on.
—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
15 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jabber
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
Verb
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Serena’s name was on everyone’s lips, with fans chatting about the American’s chances and journalists jostling for position to get their hands on a reserved media seat.
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Craig joined us to chat about his new show, his love for America, and his experience with becoming an American citizen.
Verb
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The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
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That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.
Noun
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Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.
Verb
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Robert, talk me through the thinking behind this framing.
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Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.
Verb
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Perennially delighted and deeply uncool, Tascioni gabbles about the wonders of the city while her interlocutors roll their eyes at her lack of sophistication and taste.
Noun
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Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense.
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Some beer companies even make canned versions of the drink, but forget that nonsense — there is nothing better than a fresh, handmade michelada.
Verb
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Many decades worth of politicians have sipped Cafecito at the famous coffee counter window, La Ventanita, meeting there to converse with Miami’s Hispanic community.
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Property management teams are encouraged to converse with residents to gain their off-the-cuff thoughts about the value of different amenities, Khouri says.
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