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jabbers

jabbers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Jabbers

Jabbers

  1. Synonym of Jesus (“when used in an expletive”).
    Synonyms:
    Jesus

Synonyms of jabbers

Forms of jabbers

alternative formJabers
alternative formJappers

Phrases with jabbers

Questions about jabbers

What does jabbers mean?
Jabbers means synonym of Jesus (“when used in an expletive”).
What is jabbers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Jabbers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jabber.
What part of speech is jabbers?
Jabbers is a proper noun.

Words near jabbers in the dictionary

  1. jabberingly
  2. jabberings
  3. jabberment
  4. jabbernowl
  5. jabbernowls
  6. jabbers
  7. jabbersome
  8. Jabberwock
  9. Jabberwockian
  10. jabberwockies
  11. jabberwocky

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