gibbered; gibbering
ˈji-b(ə-)riŋ 
: to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly
gibber
noun
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Examples of gibber in a Sentence
What are they gibbering about now?
Calm down! You sound like a gibbering idiot!
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But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
—New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity?
—Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018
Mr. Eno is well aware of such dangers, and of all the other gibbering clichés people are reduced to when contemplating their ultimate ends.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017
In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet.
—Maurice Martin, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2002
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
—New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity?
—Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018
Mr. Eno is well aware of such dangers, and of all the other gibbering clichés people are reduced to when contemplating their ultimate ends.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017
In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet.
—Maurice Martin, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2002
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“Gibber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gibber. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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