jabber
Plural: jabbers
Noun
- rapid and indistinct speech
- Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
- One who or that which jabs.
- One who administers a hypodermic injection.
- A kind of hand-operated corn planter.
Verb
Verb Forms: jabbered, jabbering, jabbers
- To talk rapidly and excitedly, often unintelligibly.
- talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
- To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
- To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
Examples
- After seeing his opponent’s amazing play, he could only JABBER in disbelief.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English jaberen, javeren, chaveren (“to chatter, babble”), dissimilated forms of jablen, chavelen (“to jabber”), from Middle English chavel ("jaw"; > modern English jowl). Equivalent to jowl + -er (iterative suffix).
Scrabble Score: 17
jabber: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjabber: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jabber: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
jabber: valid Words With Friends Word