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Recent Examples of jabber
Noun
Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties. Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber. Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023 Incriminating truths are borne along in the ever-rolling stream of online jabber; how can one man’s toxic underpants, nearly two years old, stand a chance against the slapping of Chris Rock at the Oscars, still less against the waves of disinformation? Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2022 That includes many of his new Florida State teammates who have discovered the defensive end’s propensity for jabber. Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 Ohio State strength coach Mickey Marotti is getting in on the jibber jabber with some Michigan staffers in this clip. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021 To paint like that required a meditative focus that was miles from my own internal jabber. Molly Crabapple, The New York Review of Books, 8 July 2021 An older Black man perpetually annoyed by Sterling and Blair's jabber — particularly about the ups and downs of their romances — Bowser only takes on the underage twins as his protégés because the premise of the show demands it. Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2020 But that’s just verbal jabber mixed with persuasion and cheerleading. Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
Verb
Sometimes the most confident and extroverted C-suite representatives turn to jabbering wrecks when a camera is placed in front of them. Nikos Lemanis, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The first half hour is filled with the weirdly neutral techno jargon of soldiers jabbering code words into their headphones to what I (as a know-nothing) am tempted to call Mission Control. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, Trump cannot stop jabbering about serving a potential third term, a blatant violation of the Constitution’s cap on terms Presidents can serve these days. Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025 In our few minutes, Smoltz indulged a couple of jabbering old sports writers. Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Asking Eric: These women jabber about the trip I wasn’t invited on. R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024 Flying on cocaine, he’s become a jabbering head case who proceeds to kill himself by bashing his face with a circular 35-pound workout weight. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024 Hello Kitty blanket while Gazal jabbered to a wild-haired imitation Barbie doll dressed as a bride. Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024 Sometimes, being a conservative means jabbering about your philosophical views, however rickety, over a plate of overcooked chicken. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 14 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jabber
Verb
  • Patino chatted with every person, making sure their order was perfect.
    Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
  • During a recent episode of The Oprah Podcast, the media mogul chatted with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about the amount of time teenagers spend online.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Nevertheless, the animals’ recurring presence throughout the season visualizes the chattering, anxious feeling that governs the existential turmoil endured by many of the souls haunting the Thai White Lotus resort.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • As Melissa chatters away about her dreams, Shauna’s mind wanders.
    Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Verb
  • And the volunteer who can’t write a check but has spent every weekend knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about this campaign’s promise of a better future for Fort Worth.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • While talking to news outlet WIVB in April 2025, Allen said that the movie will have an emphasis on Jessie's journey.
    Maddie Garfinkle, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fathers shushed babbling toddlers as their wives snuck out to change infants’ diapers.
    Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • This stunning 215-foot-tall limestone arch was carved over many years by babbling Cedar Creek.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For the literary elite of the 1920s and ‘30s, Manhattan’s Beekman neighborhood was the place to be, an elegant retreat where intellectuals and artists gathered to create and converse.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The song, featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone, starts with random voices conversing through rhyme.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    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, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse.
    Bob Ras, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Jabber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jabber. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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