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gibber

gib·ber [ jíbbər ] (past and past participle gib·bered, present participle gib·ber·ing, 3rd person present singular gib·bers)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
be incoherent: to make sounds or speak words unintelligibly
Stop gibbering and tell me what's wrong.

[Early 17th century. Probably an imitation of the sound]

gib·ber noun
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