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gibber

/ˈdʒɪbər/
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Other forms: gibbering; gibbered; gibbers

Definitions of gibber
  1. verb
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  2. verb
    chatter inarticulately; of monkeys
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    type of:
    emit, let loose, let out, utter
    express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  3. noun
    unintelligible talking
    synonyms: gibberish
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    types:
    abracadabra
    gibberish and nonsense
    babble, babbling, lallation
    gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
    blather, blatherskite
    foolish gibberish
    double Dutch
    an incomprehensible talk
    double talk
    deliberately unintelligible gibberish
    gabble, jabber, jabbering
    rapid and indistinct speech
    mumbo jumbo
    language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion
    type of:
    bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
    a message that seems to convey no meaning
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