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Gibber

verb

(past & past part. gibbered; pres. part. gibbering)

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle.

Chatter inarticulately; of monkeys.

noun

Unintelligible talking. Synonym: gibberish.

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"Gibber" Quotes from Famous Books

... to get up a testimonial and give it to him, because he did not gibber," said Blanche. "He was as rude and as ...

— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... "remove that bonnet, which by no means becomes you, and let Adela take it into a corner and gibber over it to herself. I want you ...

— Last Words - A Final Collection of Stories • Juliana Horatia Ewing

... Gibber, or gnats such as Murphy, and others, easily stung him. He was lampooned as "The Sick Monkey" on his return to the stage after having taken a much needed rest. But discretion and audacity seemed to go hand-in-hand, and the self-satisfied ...

— The Drama • Henry Irving

... point the man broke down altogether and began to gibber. But he recovered in time to see the prize unanimously voted to the lady. This consisted of a volume of Mr. ——, but perhaps I had better not mention names; it might be liable to misconstruction. I hope I have said enough to show what a fascinating and delightful game it is. No ...

— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 • Various

... their meeting she had found Aunt Alphonsine all a dry frightened gibber, holding a whitefaced conference with Grandmother in the parlour, and they had asked her if she had known that Peacey had left Torque Hall that morning. She had shaken her head and given a dry-mouthed smile, for she saw how terrified ...

— The Judge • Rebecca West

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