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
- 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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