gibber

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: gib=ber

CIDE DICTIONARY

gibber, n. [From Gib to balk.].

 A balky horse.  Youatt.  [1913 Webster]

gibber, v. i. [Akin to jabber, and gabble.].

 To speak rapidly and inarticulately.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gibber, v. & n.
--v.intr. speak fast and inarticulately; chatter incoherently.
--n. such speech or sound.

gibber, n. Austral. a boulder or large stone.

Etymology

Aboriginal

THESAURUS

gibber

absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, baffle, balderdash, bavardage, be Greek to, be beyond one, be too deep, beat one, 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, escape one, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibbering, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush, haver, hocus-pocus, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabber, jargon, jaw, jibber, lose one, maunder, maundering, mere talk, mouth, mouthing, mow, mumble, mumbling, mumbo jumbo, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering, narrishkeit, natter, need explanation, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk, not make sense, not penetrate, pack of nonsense, palaver, pass comprehension, patter, perplex, piffle, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rant, rattle, rattle on, reel off, riddle, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, run on, skimble-skamble, sob, speak in tongues, speak incoherently, splutter, spout, spout off, sputter, stammer, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, stutter, susurrate, susurration, talk away, talk double Dutch, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tittle-tattle, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, whisper, whispering, yak, yakkety-yak, yammer

ROGET THESAURUS

gibber

Stammering

VB stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer, balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together, mumble, mutter, maud, mauder, whisper, mince, lisp, jabber, gibber, sputter, splutter, muffle, mump, drawl, mouth, croak, speak thick, speak through the nose, snuffle, clip one's words, murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, mispronounce, missay.