gibber

Noun (1)

gibber (countable and uncountable, plural gibbers)

1. Gibberish, unintelligible speech.

Verb

gibber (third-person singular simple present gibbers, present participle gibbering, simple past and past participle gibbered)

1. To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
   • A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, / The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead / Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets – […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈɡɪbə/

gibber (plural gibbers)

1. (Australia) A stone or rock, of chalcedony or similar mineral, found strewn over arid regions of inland Australia; a gibber stone.
2. (Australia, colloquial) Any small rock or stone, especially one used for throwing.
   • “Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90
3. (Australia, obsolete) A large boulder or rocky outcrop; also, an overhanging rock formation.

Noun (3)

gibber (plural gibbers)

1. A balky horse.
   • A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse