Antonyms for jabbering


Grammar : Verb
Spell : jab-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæb ər


Definition of jabbering

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
Example sentences :
  • I have been listening to the jabbering and screeches of the crowd until they seem only manikins.
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • The young Navaho sprang forward, jabbering to his fellow tribesman.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Again a minute of quiet, and once more the jabbering and shouting.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • Instantly they began to crowd round him, a dozen jabbering all at once.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • We could hear them shouting, screaming, and jabbering, and the dogs barking.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • They keep on jabbering, but don't seem to understand, and the boss is mad.
  • Extract from : « Nobody's Girl » by Hector Malot
  • I was horrified when I came by and heard such a jabbering going on.
  • Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn
  • The blacks, jabbering away as they were to each other, did not apparently hear it.
  • Extract from : « Paddy Finn » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • When they reached it, the jabbering hordes were almost upon them.
  • Extract from : « In the Morning of Time » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It was a general fouling match, and the jabbering was terrific.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 » by Various

Synonyms for jabbering

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