gibber

plural gibbers

1. countableuncountableGibberish, unintelligible speech.

present singular third person gibbers · participle present gibbering · participle past gibbered · past gibbered

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

   A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, / The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead / Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets – […]

   c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

plural gibbers

1. AustraliaA stone or rock, of chalcedony or similar mineral, found strewn over arid regions of inland Australia; a gibber stone.First known use late 19th c.
2. AustraliacolloquialAny small rock or stone, especially one used for throwing.

   “Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”

   1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90

3. AustraliaobsoleteA large boulder or rocky outcrop; also, an overhanging rock formation.First known use early 19th c.

plural gibbers

1. A balky horse.

   1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber