jabbering
jabbering is the present participle and gerund of jabber.
Meaning of jabber
Verb
jabber (third-person singular simple present jabbers, present participle jabbering, simple past and past participle jabbered)
- 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
- 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
Noun
jabbering (countable and uncountable, plural jabberings)
- Speech that jabbers; gibberish.
Forms of jabbering
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Questions about jabbering
- What does jabbering mean?
- Jabbering means speech that jabbers; gibberish.
- What is jabbering the present participle and gerund of?
- Jabbering is the present participle and gerund of jabber.
- What part of speech is jabbering?
- Jabbering is a noun.
- What is the plural of jabbering?
- The plural of jabbering is jabberings.
Words near jabbering in the dictionary
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