亚洲网紅露点

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gibber

[ jib-er, gib- ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
  2. to speak foolishly; chatter.


noun

  1. gibbering utterance.

gibber

1

/ 藞诲萧瑟产蓹 /

verb

  1. to utter rapidly and unintelligibly; prattle
  2. intr (of monkeys and related animals) to make characteristic chattering sounds
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a less common word for gibberish
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gibber

2

/ 藞伞瑟产蓹 /

noun

  1. a stone or boulder
  2. modifier of or relating to a dry flat area of land covered with wind-polished stones

    gibber plains

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gibber1

1595鈥1605; origin uncertain; perhaps frequentative of gib (obsolete) to caterwaul ( gib 2 ); sense and pronunciation influenced by association with jabber
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gibber1

C17: of imitative origin

Origin of gibber2

C19: from a native Australian language
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The host, who was 18 when she joined the BBC kids' TV show, said she was "pushed to the limit" by behaviour that left her a "shaking, gibbering wreck."

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Henry鈥攊magining, perhaps, some trembling Kassandra gibbering prophecies to a chorus of policemen鈥攚as far more concerned about the psychic.

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While I was a gibbering mess, Ellen was stunned into a weird, calm silence.

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Won鈥檛 I look upon the smoldering ashes of that closet and wish that I鈥檇 organized it, or at least enjoyed it, rather than merely gibbering in it?

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Another time, I had to rescue the late, great NME writer Steven Wells from the site, as he started gibbering like a hallucinating Vietnam war veteran.

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