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gabber /ˈɡabə /informal verb [no object]Talk in a rapid, excited way: well, that’s enough of me gabbering about myself...- I remember when I was in high school, and I would walk through the halls, over hearing prissy girls gabber about wondering what their boyfriends where doing.
- And at the other end of the good vibes spectrum, when you gabber away like some demented baboon into your mobile on the bus, you're transmitting.
- Yet at this new building, everyone happily gabbers away in the elevator, especially at night.
noun1A person who talks a great deal: barristers earn their exorbitant fees by being gifted gabbers...- The urbane 40-year-old coach is a gabber extraordinaire, who simply oozes warmth and charm.
- While Rummy may be a world class gabber, he doesn't duck questions or controversy.
- Even those who weren't particularly fond of Linklater's dreamers and gabbers still had something themselves to say.
1.1 [mass noun] Rapid, excited speech: pointless gabber about the state of the industry...- He was ignored amongst the gabber.
- I never took anything she said to heart. It was all gabber, and I knew she loved me.
- 'Trust our luck,' Stuart said over the loud gabber of the new arrivals and their clattering plates and trays.
Origin Early 18th century: from gab + -er3. |