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verb

ˈji-bər How to pronounce gibber (audio)
Definition of gibbernext
as in to babble
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly stop gibbering, and pull yourself together!

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gibber

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noun

as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk all I could get from her gibber was that something had exploded

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Recent Examples of gibber
Verb
In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet. — Maurice Martin, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2002 For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight. — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018 Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity? — Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018 But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibber
  1. babble
  2. jabber
  3. chat
  4. nonsense
  5. chatter
  6. prattle
  7. drool
  8. burble
Verb
  • There's one spot on Richard's land where the Guadalupe slows to a babbling brook at the base of a tree.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • In addition to canceling outside noise, the headphones provide crisp audio and relaxing white-noise options, including rainy parks and babbling brooks.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Definition of babble
Noun
  • Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
    — Literary Hub, 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
Definition of jabber
Verb
  • 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.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Craig joined us to chat about his new show, his love for America, and his experience with becoming an American citizen.
    — Jesse Thorn, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of chat
Noun
  • Until recently, that would have sounded like absolute nonsense.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • There weren’t meetings with executives about tone and mood and all this nonsense.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.
    — Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • Isaacs said the symptoms of heat stress or heat stroke include excessive panting, drooling, vomiting, seizures or collapse.
    — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • This golden lasagna is the perfect way to offer a vegetarian option that meat-eaters will be drooling over.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
Definition of drool
Noun
  • The Web is for unvarnished interactions, long rants and video burbles and buffering.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 July 2025
  • Andrew Carnegie’s spring burbles on more than a century later.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 July 2025
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