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Definition of jabber verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jabber

verb
 
/ˈdʒæbə(r)/
 
/ˈdʒæbər/
[intransitive, transitive] (disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they jabber
 
/ˈdʒæbə(r)/
 
/ˈdʒæbər/
he / she / it jabbers
 
/ˈdʒæbəz/
 
/ˈdʒæbərz/
past simple jabbered
 
/ˈdʒæbəd/
 
/ˈdʒæbərd/
past participle jabbered
 
/ˈdʒæbəd/
 
/ˈdʒæbərd/
-ing form jabbering
 
/ˈdʒæbərɪŋ/
 
/ˈdʒæbərɪŋ/
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  1. jabber (about something) | + speech to talk quickly and in an excited way so that it is difficult to understand what you are saying synonym gabble
    • What is he jabbering about now?
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: imitative.
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