Jabber

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jabbered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Jabbering}.] [Cf. {Gibber}, {Gabble}.]
     To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter
     gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. t.
     To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber
     French. --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jabber \Jab"ber\, n.
     Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance;
     gibberish. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jabber
       n : rapid and indistinct speech [syn: {jabbering}, {gabble}]
       v : talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: {rant},
            {mouth off}, {spout}, {rabbit on}, {rave}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  128 Moby Thesaurus words for "jabber":
     Greek, absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash,
     bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather,
     blether, blethers, blubber, bombast, bull, bullshit, cackle,
     caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack,
     claptrap, clatter, dither, double-talk, drivel, drone, droning,
     drool, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge,
     fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibber, gibbering,
     gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush,
     haver, hocus-pocus, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabberwocky,
     jargon, jaw, jibber, maunder, maundering, mere talk, mouth,
     mouthing, mumble, mumbling, mumbo jumbo, murmur, murmuring, mutter,
     muttering, narrishkeit, natter, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk,
     pack of nonsense, palaver, patter, piffle, pour forth, prate,
     prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rant, rattle,
     rattle on, reel off, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish,
     run on, skimble-skamble, sob, speak incoherently, splutter, spout,
     spout off, sputter, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, susurrate,
     susurration, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
     tittle-tattle, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle,
     vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, whisper, whispering, yak,
     yakkety-yak, yap
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  jabber
       
           An event that occurs when a device on a network
          using the {LAT} {protocol} continues to broadcast its
          availability even though its availability status is known by
          the network.
       
          (1996-05-10)