jabbering
present participle ofjabber
jabber
verb[IorT]
disapprovinguk/ˈdʒæb.ər/us/ˈdʒæb.ɚ/tospeakor say somethingquicklyin a way that isdifficulttounderstand:
Thetrainwasfullofpeoplejabbering(away)intotheirmobilephones.
He jabbered(out)something about anaccidentfurtherdown theroad.
Compare
rantverb
raveverb
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
Examplesofjabbering
jabbering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He was a swine of a man and ajabberingdupe of a president.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He beginsjabberingthat he has been sleeping inside the tomb.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She enrages the coach,jabberingaway during rollcall and refusing to follow orders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Flanders is known for his nonsensicaljabbering.
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- named character
- named entity
- named individual
- named person
- name-drop
- name-drop
- name-dropper
- name-dropper
- name-dropping
- name-dropping
- named storm
- name-is-mud
- nameless
- namely
- name names
- name-names
- name-of-the-game
- nameplate
- nameplate capacity
- name recognition
- name recognition
- namesake
- name sb/sth after sb/sth
- name-sb-sth-after-sb-sth
- name someone/something after someone/something