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Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1735, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, edited by George Faulkner, Dublin, 1735, Volume 3, A Letter from Capt. Gulliver to his Cousin Sympson, pp. v-vi, And, is there less Probability in my Account of the Houyhnhnms or Yahoos, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so many Thousands even in this City, who only differ from their Brother Brutes in Houyhnhnmland, because they use a Sort of a Jabber, and do not go naked.
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One who or that which jabs.
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One who administers a hypodermic injection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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A kind of hand-operated corn planter.
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To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 1829, James Hogg, The Shepherd’s Calendar, New York: A.T. Goodrich, Volume I, Chapter 9, “Mary Burnet,” p. 184, Allanson made some sound in his throat, as if attempting to speak, but his tongue refused its office, and he only jabbered.
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To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
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Usage: transitive
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rapid and indistinct speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jabbering, gabble
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Broader terms: gibberish, gibber
talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rant, mouth off, spout, rabbit on, rave
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Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
From Middle English jaberen, javeren, chaveren (“to chatter, babble”), dissimilated forms of jablen, chavelen (“to jabber”), from Middle English chavel ("jaw"; > modern English jowl). Equivalent to jowl + -er (iterative suffix).
Etymology tree English jab Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English jabber From jab + -er.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
бърборене
(bǎrborene)
— gibberish
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Greek:
φλυαρία
(flyaría)
— gibberish
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Macedonian:
брборење
(brborenje)
— gibberish
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Polish:
gadanina
— gibberish
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Polish:
bełkot
— gibberish
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Polish:
terkot
— gibberish
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Serbo-Croatian:
brbljanje
— gibberish
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Spanish:
farfulla
— gibberish
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Spanish:
galimatías
— gibberish
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Bulgarian:
бърборя
(bǎrborja)
— to gabble
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Bulgarian:
бръщолевя
(brǎštolevja)
— to gabble
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Danish:
våse
— to gabble
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Danish:
bavle
— to gabble
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French:
jacasser
— to gabble
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Georgian:
ლაქლაქი
(laklaki)
— to gabble
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Georgian:
ყბედობა
(q̇bedoba)
— to gabble
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Georgian:
ბუტბუტი
(buṭbuṭi)
— to gabble
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Georgian:
ლუღლუღი
(luɣluɣi)
— to gabble
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German:
plappern
— to gabble
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German:
labern
— to gabble
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German:
palavern
— to gabble
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Greek:
φλυαρώ
(flyaró)
— to gabble
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Hungarian:
hadar
— to gabble
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Italian:
farfugliare
— to gabble
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Japanese:
早口でわけのわからないことを言う
— to gabble
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Japanese:
ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる
— to gabble
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Korean:
지껄이다
— to gabble
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Macedonian:
брбори
(brbori)
— to gabble
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Māori:
hautete
— to gabble
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Māori:
kohe
— to gabble
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Māori:
hote
— to gabble
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Māori:
kunanu
— to gabble
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Polish:
bełkotać
— to gabble
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Polish:
trajkotać
— to gabble
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Polish:
paplać
— to gabble
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Russian:
болта́ть
(boltátʹ)
— to gabble
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Serbo-Croatian:
brbljati
— to gabble
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Spanish:
farfullar
— to gabble
