单词 | jabber |
释义 | jabbern. The act of jabbering; rapid and indistinct or unintelligible talk; gabble, chatter; gibberish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] jargon1340 gibberishc1557 fustiana1593 hibber-gibber1593 rabble?1593 gabbling1599 rantum-scantum1599 ribble-rabble1601 gabble1602 High Dutch1602 Greek1603 baragouin1614 galimatias1653 riddle-me-ree1678 clink-clank1679 Hebrew1705 alieniloquy1727 jabber1735 mumbo-jumbo1738 gibbering1786 rigmarole1809 gibber1832 rigmarolery1833 Babelism1834 jargoning1837 barrikin1851 abracadabra1867 double Dutch1876 jabberwock1902 jabberwocky1908 jibber-jabber1922 mumbo-jumbery1923 mumbo1931 double-talk1938 garbology1944 1735 J. Swift Gulliver Introd. Let., in Wks. III. vi Who only differ from their Brother Brutes in Houyhnhnmland, because they use a Sort of Jabber. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 586 A sea-port jabber, formed..by the mishmash of a hundred dialects. 1838 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Greece, Turkey, Russia 45/1 He..was utterly ignorant of any language but his own; despised all foreigners, and detested their ‘jabber’. 1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker II. xvi. 85 Prepared for what she called a ‘jabber’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jabberv. 1. a. intransitive. To talk rapidly and indistinctly or unintelligibly; to speak volubly and with little sense; to chatter, gabble, prattle. Often applied, in contempt or derision, to the speaking of a language which is unintelligible to the hearer. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > talk gibberish [verb (intransitive)] rabblea1400 javerc1440 jabber1499 jabble1570 jargon1570 gabble1574 gibberish1577 gibber1604 cant1728 jibber1824 rigmarole1831 to talk through (the back of) one's neck1899 garble1913 jibber-jabber1922 jabberwock1959 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. i.iii/1 Iangelyn or iaberyn [Harl. MS. iaveryn], garrulo, blatero. 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum 487/1 Tateryn or iaberyn [Harl. MS. iaueryn, or speke wythe owte resone], garrio, blatero. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 25 Which Infant..doth not jabber so strangely, but that she is perfectly understood by her Parent. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) To Jabber, a word vulgarly used for to prattle, chat, or talk. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lvi. 216 He had brought a gentleman..who could jabber with her in French. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve III. ii. 38 We have got two Flemish servants, and you should hear them jabbering. b. To utter inarticulate sounds rapidly and volubly; to chatter, as monkeys, birds, etc.; to gibber or jibber. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] singOE cry1398 clamourc1400 call1486 baya1525 jabberc1817 jabble1830 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > jabber jabberc1817 c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches IV. 41 Allanson made some sound..as if attempting to speak, but his tongue refused its office, and he only jabbered. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 76 The fool who jabbered at his feet, the monkey which grinned at the back of his chair. 1860 A. Trollope West Indies (new ed.) xx. 310 In the huge trees the monkeys hung jabbering. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii. 289 On the top of the crag the sea-fowl were jabbering. 2. transitive. To speak or utter rapidly and indistinctly; to express by jabbering. Often contemptuously = to speak (a foreign language), with the implication that it is unintelligible to the hearer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > express unintelligibly [verb (transitive)] rabblec1430 jabber1532 gabble1566 gibberish1577 cant1592 garble1879 misspeak1890 rhubarb1962 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 665 Whatsoeuer the Iewes would iaber or iangle agayn. 1715 R. Bentley Serm. Popery 11 They must..jabber their Credos and Pater-Nosters at home. 1716 J. Addison Free-holder No. 22. ⁋2 He did not know what Travelling was good for, but to teach a Man..to jabber French, and to talk against Passive Obedience. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1856) xviii. 383 A poor idiot,..used to come every day to the churchyard, to..jabber in broken expressions his grief. Derivatives ˈjabbering n. and adj. jabbering crow, a small species of crow common in Jamaica ( Corvus Jamaicensis). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > indulgence in chatteringa1250 janglingc1330 clatteringc1400 trattlinga1425 jabbering1499 chatting1509 tittle-tattlinga1586 bletheringa1834 nattering1859 yattering1859 blithering1925 yackety-yacking1953 blatting1955 yacking1959 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey > sounds made by jabbering1875 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. qvi/1 Taterynge or iaberinge [Harl. MS. iauerynge, Winch. MS. iaperynge], garritus. 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Fiij v Latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge, accordynge to the offyce of saynt Antonynes personage. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 29 His Singing-Boys with their alternate Jabberings and Mouthings. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 217 'Twas chatt'ring, grinning, mouthing, jabb'ring all. a1795 W. Jones Hymn to Lacshmí in Wks. (1799) VI. 364 Jabb'ring spectres o'er her traces glide. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xiv. 292 To study the jabberings of monkeys. ˈjabberingly adv. in a jabbering manner (Hyde Clarke, 1855). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1735v.1499 |
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