单词 | jibber |
释义 | jibbern. a. A horse that jibs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > refusing to go on > that refuses to go on jib1843 jibber1847 planter1863 1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words 1871 J. S. Le Fanu Checkmate II. xiii. 123 There are kickers and roarers, and bolters and jibbers. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xiv. 233 His horse was a miserable jibber. b. One who jibs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > jibbing or balking > one who jibber1936 1936 F. D. Davison Children of Dark People x. 147 He said you'd got lost and he'd been sent out by the elders of the tribe to look for you; the old jibber! 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 123 Jibber, one who has second thoughts about attempting something, and then refuses to make the effort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jibberv. intransitive. To speak rapidly and inarticulately; to chatter unintelligibly. ΘΠ 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 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 234 The jack-an-ape..jibbered and cried as if it was mocking its master. 1883 H. Caine Cobwebs Crit. i. 16 A jibbering disposition to ‘break into ecstasies’. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 3/2 The proud passenger..may jibber with fright. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 4/2 They decline to learn..and jibber when corrected. Derivatives jibber-jabber n. and v. ΘΠ 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 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 1922 A. Haddon Green Room Gossip ix. 240 The jibber-jabber was entertaining, not because the utterances were those of ordinary human beings, but because they were the voice of Shaw. 1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 26 Jibber jabber, senseless talk. 1948 Bulletin (Philadelphia) 23 Mar. 24/5 Time for Congress to quit jibber-jabbering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847v.1824 |
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