1
as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
please do not jabber during the rabbi's sermon
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2
as in babbles
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
monkeys jabbering at each other in their cages
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Honey Cooper chats with Professor Nader Gergis before attending his class on Wednesday.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Jarrett frequently appears in her videos, including sit-down Q&A chats the couple films together.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
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Race radio babbles away from the glove compartment, providing updates in Portuguese and English.—
Andy McGrath,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Here, Levy talks the making of Moira and Linda.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Saffrine Duggan, the wife of Daniel Duggan, talks to the media outside the Federal Court of Australia in Canberra on April 16, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
13 Nov. 2025
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He’s best known at this point either for playing the clownish Jack on Will & Grace or for being the relatively serious one of the three celebrity chatters on his podcast, Smartless.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Molina-Mulcahy additionally shouts out color as a major sunglasses trend for 2026.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
26 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s Iran threat rattles GOP as some Republicans break ranks.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The threat rattles Reef and prompts him to apologize to all the major figures from his past whom he's offended or hurt over the years.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Jabbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jabbers. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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