[syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. t.
To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber
French. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jabber \Jab"ber\, n.
Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance;
gibberish. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jabber
n 1: rapid and indistinct speech [syn: jabber, jabbering,
gabble]
v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn:
rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on,
rave]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
jabber
When a network node transmits a packet longer
than the maximum permissible length, usually due to a fault
condition.
(1996-05-10)