1
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
please do not jabber during the rabbi's sermon
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as in chattered
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
monkeys jabbering at each other in their cages
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jabbered
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The Tonight Show host chatted with Stephen Colbert about their long-time friendship and memories over the years before Fallon performed a musical number in celebration of Colbert.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Wearing matching leather coats, the two chatted constantly, pointing at parade formations and singing along with performers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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This was back in the days when Ross openly talked, even joked with the media, back in a time when things were funny.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Fertig talked with Semafor about the PAC’s origin, goals, and strategy, and this is an edited transcript of the conversation.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Reunions everywhere For almost an hour before the teams squared off, Warriors guard Pat Spencer sat next to and conversed with his younger brother Cam, a shooting guard on the Grizzlies.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Voices conversed in friendly banter as a speaker boomed old Motown hits and even some Jethro Tull.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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By now, the standard sound of rage rap — redlining drums deployed with abandon, frenetic, almost spastic chord arrangements, and often shouted, mantra-like lyrics delivered in an impassioned scream — has become a predictable shorthand for overtures to a younger audience.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
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Before and after the vote, people in the hearing room shouted at lawmakers and warned of the harm the bill could do.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Mar. 2026
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Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Miami cruised into the fourth quarter with a 13-point lead at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia, but sputtered and Stanford took advantage, going into a zone defense and outscoring UM 18-5 in the final stretch to force overtime.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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The few cars that attempted to drive through the flood sputtered and died, bonnet-deep in swirling pondweed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Jabbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jabbered. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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