Jibber
/ˈdʒɪb.ər/noun
To speak rapidly and unclearly, or to talk nonsense.
Did you know?The word is tied to older English slang for nonsense talk, and its modern sense lives in the same family as *jabber*, a word that has long suggested rapid, meaningless chatter.
Etymological Timeline
Early Modern English
English
jibber
“To chatter or speak rapidly and indistinctly”
17th–18th Century
English
jabber
“To talk rapidly and incoherently”
16th–17th Century
English
gibber
“To speak inarticulately or nonsensically”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gab-
“To talk, chatter”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰebʰ-
“To speak, chatter”
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