JABBERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jabbering mean? 

• JABBERING (noun)
  The noun JABBERING has 1 sense:

1. rapid and indistinct speech

  Familiarity information: JABBERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JABBERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rapid and indistinct speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gabble; jabber; jabbering

Hypernyms ("jabbering" is a kind of...):

gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)

Derivation:

jabber (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)

 Context examples 

As he spoke, from the dark recesses of the woods we heard far away the jabbering cry of the ape-men.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Stop jabbering, girls, and I'll tell you everything," said Jo, wondering if Miss Burney felt any grander over her Evelina than she did over her 'Rival Painters'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He knew us by our countenances to be Englishmen, and jabbering to us in his own language, swore we should be tied back to back and thrown into the sea.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)