Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gibber
Participle: gibbered
Gerund: gibbering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gibber |
| you | gibber |
| he;she;it | gibbers |
| we | gibber |
| you | gibber |
| they | gibber |
Perfect
| I | have gibbered |
| you | have gibbered |
| he;she;it | has gibbered |
| we | have gibbered |
| you | have gibbered |
| they | have gibbered |
Past
| I | gibbered |
| you | gibbered |
| he;she;it | gibbered |
| we | gibbered |
| you | gibbered |
| they | gibbered |
Pluperfect
| I | had gibbered |
| you | had gibbered |
| he;she;it | had gibbered |
| we | had gibbered |
| you | had gibbered |
| they | had gibbered |
Future
| I | will gibber |
| you | will gibber |
| he;she;it | will gibber |
| we | will gibber |
| you | will gibber |
| they | will gibber |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gibbered |
| you | will have gibbered |
| he;she;it | will have gibbered |
| we | will have gibbered |
| you | will have gibbered |
| they | will have gibbered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gibber |
| you | gibber |
| he;she;it | gibber |
| we | gibber |
| you | gibber |
| they | gibber |
Perfect
| I | have gibbered |
| you | have gibbered |
| he;she;it | have gibbered |
| we | have gibbered |
| you | have gibbered |
| they | have gibbered |
Imperfect
| I | gibbered |
| you | gibbered |
| he;she;it | gibbered |
| we | gibbered |
| you | gibbered |
| they | gibbered |
Pluperfect
| I | had gibbered |
| you | had gibbered |
| he;she;it | had gibbered |
| we | had gibbered |
| you | had gibbered |
| they | had gibbered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gibber |
| you | would gibber |
| he;she;it | would gibber |
| we | would gibber |
| you | would gibber |
| they | would gibber |
Perfect
| I | would have gibbered |
| you | would have gibbered |
| he;she;it | would have gibbered |
| we | would have gibbered |
| you | would have gibbered |
| they | would have gibbered |
Imperative
| you | gibber |
| we | Let's gibber |
| you | gibber |
Verbs conjugated like 'gibber'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gibber'
gibbet,
jibber,
gibe,
ginger,
gobbet,
goober,
jabber,
limber,
rubber,
simber,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
- chatter
- babble, gabble, jabber
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain; usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish (see gibberish for more).
Sample Sentences
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[...] system which had impressed me so favourably elsewhere; and everything had a lounging, listless, madhouse air, which was very painful. The moping idiot, cowering down with long dishevelled hair; the gibbering maniac, with his hideous laugh and pointed finger; the vacant eye, the fierce wild face, the gloomy picking of the hands and lips, and munching of the nails: there they were all, without disguise, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)