Antonyms for jabber
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jab-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæb ər |
Definition of jabber
Origin :- 1650s, spelling variant of Middle English jablen (c.1400), also javeren, jaberen, probably ultimately echoic. Related: Jabbered; jabbering. The noun is 1727, from the verb.
- verb talk incessantly and trivially
- Then a whole string of jabber and arm wavin', with some countin' in the middle of it.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Never heard in all my travels such a jabber about wives and kids.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Are you goin' to keep up your jabber when I'm speakin' to the gentlemen?
- Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
- All the difference between us is, that you can jabber Dutch a little.
- Extract from : « Tom, The Bootblack » by Horatio Alger
- You stop here a little while, sir, and you will hear him begin to jabber.
- Extract from : « Trapped by Malays » by George Manville Fenn
- There is a little consultation and jabber, when I am told that I can have both for a franc.
- Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
- In their jabber of tongues they said things about her as she passed.
- Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
- He was quite close to her and in the jabber of voices she was silent.
- Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
- When we left a week later, he could jabber intelligently with any savage he met.
- Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson
- The screamer began to jabber like a maniac, punctuating his ravings with shrieks.
- Extract from : « A Rock in the Baltic » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for jabber
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