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- pronunciation:
- jae
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
jabbers, jabbering, jabbered |
| definition: |
to speak or make sounds like speech, quickly or at length, but without making much sense or creating much interest in the listener; babble.
The little girl was jabbering happily and pouring "tea" for her stuffed animals.I was so bored that I'd stopped listening, but he kept jabbering on.- synonyms:
- babble, gabble, prattle
- similar words:
- blather, chatter, chipper, drivel, gibber, patter
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| related words: |
blabber, gab, jargon, yap |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
speech or a sound like speech that makes no sense; babble; gibberish.
- synonyms:
- babble, gabble, gibber, gibberish, gobbledygook, nonsense
- similar words:
- abracadabra, bilge, blather, bosh, bunk, chatter, drivel, flummery, hogwash, jabberwocky, jargon, mumbo jumbo, patter, piffle, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, twaddle
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| related words: |
chatter, gab, gossip, yap |
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| derivations: |
jabberingly (adv.), jabberer (n.) |
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