jabber
pronunciation
How to pronounce jabber in British English:
UK [ˈdʒæbə(r)]
How to pronounce jabber in American English:
US ['dʒæbər]
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- Noun:
- rapid and indistinct speech
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- Verb:
- talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
Word Origin
- jabber (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Listen to the jabber of those monkeys .
- 2. Friendfeed now supports notifications and posting for google talk and jabber .
- 3. Americans : will jabber on incessantly about football , baseball and basketball .
- 4. Brits : will jabber on incessantly about cricket , soccer and rugby .
- 5. He began to protest , to jabber of his right of entry .