jabber /ˈd͡ʒæbə(ɹ)/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.Two tongues from the depths, Alike only as a yellow cat and a green parrot are alike, Fling their staccato tantalizations Into a wildcat jabber Over a gossamer web of unanswerables. — 1918 •One who or that which jabs.Have the boys box, one jabbing and the other practicing the methods of boxing a jabber. — 1939 •A kind of hand-operated corn planter.The jabber was the most popular hand-operated corn planter ever devised. […] Inset shows jaws closed for jabbing (left) and open for depositing kernels (right). — 1999 •(informal) One who administers a hypodermic injection.Like Claire, these “secret jabbers” are keeping it private even from their closest family and friends. — 2025 verb2 •To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.Allanson made some sound in his throat, as if attempting to speak, but his tongue refused its office, and he only jabbered. — 1829 •To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.He wept very little, but when he wept he howled aloud, and jabbered wild abuse, threats and recriminations through the wet torrent of his howling. — 1939 formsjabbered · jabbering · jabbers
