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jabbered

jabbered is the simple past and past participle of jabber.

Meaning of jabber

Verb

jabber (third-person singular simple present jabbers, present participle jabbering, simple past and past participle jabbered)

  1. (intransitive) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
    • Allanson made some sound in his throat, as if attempting to speak, but his tongue refused its office, and he only jabbered.1829, James Hogg, The Shepherd’s Calendar, New York: A.T. Goodrich, Volume I, Chapter 9, “Mary Burnet,” p. 184
  2. (transitive) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
    • She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

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Questions about jabbered

What is jabbered the simple past and past participle of?
Jabbered is the simple past and past participle of jabber.

Words near jabbered in the dictionary

  1. Jabbas
  2. jabbed
  3. jabbee
  4. jabbees
  5. jabber
  6. jabbered
  7. jabberer
  8. jabberers
  9. jabberfest
  10. jabberfests
  11. jabbering

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