gibber

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain; see gibberish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪbə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪbə(r)

Noun

gibber (countable and uncountable, plural gibbers)

1. Gibberish, unintelligible speech.

Verb

gibber (third-person singular simple present gibbers, present participle gibbering, simple past and past participle gibbered)

1. To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.

Translations

to speak unintelligibly

• Georgian: ლუღლუღი (luɣluɣi), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φλυαρέω (phluaréō)

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• Latin: blaterō
• Maori: kunanu

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:chatter

Etymology 2

From Dharug giba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbə/

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

1. (Australia) A boulder, a stone; a mass of stone. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• gibber bird
• gibber stone

See also

• reg, desert pavement

Etymology 3

gib +‎ -er

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

1. A balky horse.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gibber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡib.ber/, [ˈɡɪbːɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒib.ber/, [ˈd͡ʒibːer]

Adjective

gibber (feminine gibbera, neuter gibberum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gibber	gibbera	gibberum		gibberī	gibberae	gibbera
Genitive	gibberī	gibberae	gibberī		gibberōrum	gibberārum	gibberōrum
Dative	gibberō		gibberō		gibberīs
Accusative	gibberum	gibberam	gibberum		gibberōs	gibberās	gibbera
Ablative	gibberō	gibberā	gibberō		gibberīs
Vocative	gibber	gibbera	gibberum		gibberī	gibberae	gibbera

Noun

gibber m (genitive gibberis); third declension

1. a hump, hunch on the back

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gibber	gibberēs
Genitive	gibberis	gibberum
Dative	gibberī	gibberibus
Accusative	gibberem	gibberēs
Ablative	gibbere	gibberibus
Vocative	gibber	gibberēs

Synonyms

• (hump, hunch): gibbus

Derived terms

• gibberōsus

Related terms

• gibbus

References

• “gibber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gibber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.