Antonyms for gibber


Grammar : Verb
Spell : jib-er, gib-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪb ər, ˈgɪb-


Definition of gibber

Origin :
  • c.1600, probably a back-formation from gibberish. Related: Gibbered; gibbering.
  • verb babble
Example sentences :
  • She had expected that some demon within him would spring out and gibber.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Such a quality there must be unless when we use the term "works of art" we gibber.
  • Extract from : « Pot-Boilers » by Clive Bell
  • I tell you what, Baron, you blunder in love as you gibber in French.
  • Extract from : « Scenes from a Courtesan's Life » by Honore de Balzac
  • Persis looked at him, wondering if he had gone mad and begun to gibber.
  • Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
  • A monkey chained in one corner began to gibber and mow at me.
  • Extract from : « A Gentleman of France » by Stanley Weyman
  • What lot or what part has her glory in madmen who gibber and shriek?
  • Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., August 23, 1890. » by Various
  • Never a word they said, never a sound from the mouths that seemed to gibber.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Stories and a Dream » by H. G. Wells
  • To do so, with all those noises fraying the edges of her brain, would be to gibber!
  • Extract from : « Winnie Childs » by C. N. Williamson
  • The teachers, who must gibber with lunatics, are by no means to blame for these exercises.
  • Extract from : « The Satyricon, Complete » by Petronius Arbiter
  • "We ought to get up a testimonial and give it to him, because he did not gibber," said Blanche.
  • Extract from : « The Shuttle » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Synonyms for gibber

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