gibber
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L321225 on Wikidata ↗verb
- chatter
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪbə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English gib Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gibber From gib + -er.
- A balky horse.
“1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber”
verb
Etymology: Uncertain; usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish (see gibberish for more).
- To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
“A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, / The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead / Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets – […]”