jabber

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to talk rapidly and unintelligibly

   The children began to jabber excitedly all at once about the parade.

Simplified etymology

Jabber, recorded from the late Middle English period, originated as an imitation of the sound it describes, like chatter and twitter.

Late Middle English, of imitative origin, suggesting rapid, indistinct talk; perhaps a frequentative form related to 'jabble'.

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