gibbered

verb

past tense of gibber
as in shouted
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly stop gibbering, and pull yourself together!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibbered
  1. shouted
  2. chattered
  3. chatted
  4. drooled
  5. sputtered
  6. babbled
  7. muttered
  8. rattled
Verb
  • One shopper shouted out the spacious front pockets, and another loved their sporty vibe.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of chattered
Verb
  • At one of the first promotional events, Bullock briefly chatted about her time on the Miss Congeniality franchise.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Newsom, who chatted with lawmakers at the Capitol on Monday in what will be his last regular legislative session as governor, praised Lowenthal and the bill.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
Definition of drooled
Verb
  • In the title game against Clemson, new offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian’s offense sputtered at times.
    — John Talty, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The small robot sputtered around in a tiny, shallow creek, whereas the medium one was sent out in a Swiss stream.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of babbled
Verb
  • This was 1872, and the pious (and patronizing) commentators of the time muttered that Damien’s unvarnished personality was due to his simple farm upbringing in rural Belgium.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of muttered
Verb
  • Those drivers’ days (and lives) were rattled far more than those stuck in the backup behind them.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
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“Gibbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibbered. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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