Antonyms for gibbering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jib-er, gib- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪb ər, ˈgɪb- |
Definition of gibbering
Origin :- c.1600, probably a back-formation from gibberish. Related: Gibbered; gibbering.
- verb babble
- It is then that you will get the gibbering of returning life.
- Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
- She lay listening to a quivering, gibbering tune that she did not know.
- Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
- "You be a brave Buckra," said she, in her gibbering English.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard I. Pyle
- Shake up, you gibbering fools; luff her a bit and make fast.
- Extract from : « The Iron Pirate » by Max Pemberton
- Our society is becoming a veritable babel of gibbering crowds.
- Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
- He sent a host of gibbering Giaour ghosts to hell while on his way to heaven.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Janizaries » by James M. Ludlow
- With knocking knees and gibbering to himself, he went about feeding the others.
- Extract from : « Fighting Byng » by A. Stone
- (With gibbering baboon's cries he jerks his hips in the cynical spasm) Hik!
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- An ape-man ran past them, gibbering, mad with fright, and dived to the track.
- Extract from : « The Onslaught from Rigel » by Fletcher Pratt
- The patients have all escaped and are gibbering in the open fields.
- Extract from : « The King of Alsander » by James Elroy Flecker
Synonyms for gibbering
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