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单词 gabber
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Definition of gabber in English:

gabber

verbˈɡabə
[no object]informal
  • Talk in a rapid, excited way.

    well, that's enough of me gabbering about myself
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Skittle-shaped and with brown eyes twinkling, he gabbers away almost flirtatiously, a testament to the extraordinary energy that he invests in everything.
    • Grace spotted Ardal sitting with a group of fellow pirates, heads close while they gabbered away in low tones.
    • I remember when I was in high school, and I would walk through the halls, over hearing prissy girls gabber about wondering what their boyfriends where doing.
    • And at the other end of the good vibes spectrum, when you gabber away like some demented baboon into your mobile on the bus, you're transmitting.
    • Yet at this new building, everyone happily gabbers away in the elevator, especially at night.
    • I can't tell you how silly you look, standing there in the market, gabbering to someone unknown on your phone.
    Synonyms
    talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on
nounˈɡabə
informal
  • 1A person who talks a great deal.

    barristers earn their exorbitant fees by being gifted gabbers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The media have allowed the right's activists and gabbers to run wild with criticism without furnishing legitimate alternative solutions.
    • You don't have to raise your hand or be too schoolish, but make sure the gabbers get plenty of air time.
    • The urbane 40-year-old coach is a gabber extraordinaire, who simply oozes warmth and charm.
    • Will the gabbers continue maintaining their radio silence?
    • You're probably one of those irritating gabbers I've ignored.
    • Even those who weren't particularly fond of Linklater's dreamers and gabbers still had something themselves to say.
    • While Rummy may be a world class gabber, he doesn't duck questions or controversy.
    Synonyms
    talker, chatterer, jabberer, babbler, prattler, blatherer, prater
    1. 1.1mass noun Rapid, excited speech.
      pointless gabber about the state of the industry
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I never took anything she said to heart. It was all gabber, and I knew she loved me.
      • 'Trust our luck,' Stuart said over the loud gabber of the new arrivals and their clattering plates and trays.
      • He was ignored amongst the gabber.
      • She was just trying to tune out her sister's endless gabber.
      • I have an amazing brother who will listen to my mindless gabber and rants for hours without trying to stop me.
      Synonyms
      chat, talk, gossip, chit-chat, chitter-chatter, patter, jabbering, jabber, prattling, prattle, babbling, babble, tittle-tattle, tattle, blathering, blather, blethering, blether, rambling, gibbering

Origin

Early 18th century: from gab + -er3.

 
 
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