jabber

6 definitions found

jabber - 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.
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  Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. t.
     To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber
     French. --Addison.
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  Jabber \Jab"ber\, n.
     Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance;
     gibberish. --Swift.
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jabber - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jabber
      n 1: rapid and indistinct speech [syn: jabber, jabbering,
           gabble]
      v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn:
           rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on,
           rave]

jabber - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  jabber
  
     <networking> 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)
  

jabber - 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