MEANING
To speak rapidly in a way that is difficult to follow or understand.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- jabber away
- jabber excitedly
On the page
They jabbered over one another until the recorder captured nothing but fragments.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- jabber
- Past tense
- jabbered
- Past participle
- jabbered
- Present participle
- jabbering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- jabber
- Present continuous
- am/is/are jabbering
- Present perfect
- have/has jabbered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been jabbering
- Past
- jabbered
- Past continuous
- was/were jabbering
- Past perfect
- had jabbered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been jabbering
- Future
- will jabber
- Future continuous
- will be jabbering
- Future perfect
- will have jabbered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been jabbering
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: jabber; jabbers; jabbered; jabbered; jabbering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: dialogue, description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: jabbers.
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