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单词 gibbering
释义

gibber

verb

gib·​ber ˈji-bər How to pronounce gibber (audio)
gibbered; gibbering ˈji-b(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce gibber (audio)

intransitive verb

: to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly
gibber noun

Synonyms

  • babble
  • bumble
  • chat
  • chatter
  • drivel
  • drool
  • gabble
  • jabber
  • prattle
  • sputter
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Example Sentences

What are they gibbering about now? Calm down! You sound like a gibbering idiot!
Recent Examples on the Web For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight. New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018 Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity? Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018 Mr. Eno is well aware of such dangers, and of all the other gibbering clichés people are reduced to when contemplating their ultimate ends. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017 In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet. Maurice Martin, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2002

Word History

Etymology

imitative

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined above

gibbering

verb

present participle of gibber
as in drooling
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly stop gibbering, and pull yourself together!

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • drooling
  • chatting
  • chattering
  • shrieking
  • babbling
  • jabbering
  • shouting
  • muttering
  • gabbling
  • stuttering
  • drivelling
  • sputtering
  • driveling
  • prattling
  • screeching
  • mumbling
  • blithering
  • bumbling
  • blathering
  • blabbering
  • prating
  • trolling
  • rattling
  • stammering
  • bleating
  • smattering
  • yakking
  • gabbing
  • murmuring
  • pattering
  • mouthing
  • yacking
  • jangling
  • maundering
  • chuntering
  • jawing
  • running on
  • tittle-tattling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pronouncing
  • articulating
  • enunciating
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