gibbered
past simple and past participle ofgibber
gibber
verb[I]
mainlydisapprovinguk/ˈdʒɪb.ər/us/ˈdʒɪb.ɚ/tospeakquicklyin a way that cannot beunderstood, usually when you are veryfrightenedorconfused:
Stop gibbering, man, andtellus what yousaw.
Compare
gabbleverbmainlyUK
blabberinformal
prattleverb
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
Examplesofgibbered
gibbered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Shegibberedat the sight of patients on stretchers with nurses walking beside them holding blood bottles in the air and going down open corridors between the buildings.
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As an adult (which was in fact rare, as nearly all changelings were thought to die in early childhood) it was disabled,gibberedinstead of talked, and mistrusted people.
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- change-agent
- change-around
- change champion
- change-champion
- change control
- change-control
- changed
- changed attitude
- changed direction
- changed environment
- changed situation
- changed world
- change for the better
- change-for-the-better
- change hands
- change-hands
- change-is-as-good-as-a-rest
- changeless
- changeling
- change management
- change-management
- change-mind
- change-of-clothes
- change of heart
- change-of-heart