English

Noun

gibber ‎(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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:chatter

Etymology 2

Noun

gibber ‎(plural gibbers)

1. A boulder, a stone.

See also

• reg, desert pavement

Etymology 3

gib +‎ -er

Noun

gibber ‎(plural gibbers)

1. A balky horse.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡib.ber/

Adjective

gibber m ‎(feminine gibbera, neuter gibberum); first/second declension

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Noun

gibber m ‎(genitive gibberis); third declension

1. a hump, hunch on the back

Inflection

Third declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gibber”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.