Define the word Jabber"Jabber" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Jabbering.] [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.]
To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter
gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
"Jabber" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. t.
To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber
French. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
"Jabber" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Jabber \Jab"ber\, n.
Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance;
gibberish. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
"jabber" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
jabber
n : rapid and indistinct speech [syn: jabbering, gabble]
v : talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant,
mouth off, spout, rabbit on, rave]
"jabber" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "jabber":
Greek, absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash,
bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather,
blether, blethers, blubber, bombast, bull, bullshit, cackle,
caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack,
claptrap, clatter, dither, double-talk, drivel, drone, droning,
drool, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge,
fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibber, gibbering,
gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush,
haver, hocus-pocus, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabberwocky,
jargon, jaw, jibber, maunder, maundering, mere talk, mouth,
mouthing, mumble, mumbling, mumbo jumbo, murmur, murmuring, mutter,
muttering, narrishkeit, natter, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk,
pack of nonsense, palaver, patter, piffle, pour forth, prate,
prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rant, rattle,
rattle on, reel off, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish,
run on, skimble-skamble, sob, speak incoherently, splutter, spout,
spout off, sputter, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, susurrate,
susurration, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
tittle-tattle, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle,
vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, whisper, whispering, yak,
yakkety-yak, yap
"jabber" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
jabber
An event that occurs when a device on a network
using the LAT protocol continues to broadcast its
availability even though its availability status is known by
the network.
(1996-05-10)
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