wibble

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UK/ˈwɪbəl/

noun

Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

wibble1

nounwibble (uncountable)
  1. UKslanguncountableMeaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.

    Synonyms: babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering

verbwibble (third-person singular simple present wibbles, present participle wibbling, simple past and past participle wibbled)

present singular third person wibbles · participle present wibbling · participle past wibbled · past wibbled

  1. UKslangTo make meaningless comments.

    Do you remember at school how you'd always get double geography last thing on a Friday afternoon? There's you and all these kids who are only interested in the weekend and each other, and standing in front of them is some old guy with a beard and a CND badge wibbling on about water tables.

    2016, Seduced and Abandoned: Essays on Gay Men and Popular Music, Richard Smith, page 32

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verbwibble (third-person singular simple present wibbles, present participle wibbling, simple past and past participle wibbled)

present singular third person wibbles · participle present wibbling · participle past wibbled · past wibbled

  1. ambitransitiveTo wobble.
    1 more example

    Now his fingertips were tapping in addition to his toe-bouncing, until soon his entire body was wibbling in jumping-bean fashion. “Old Mag, you say?” He peered around Nitty at Mag, and Mag took the opportunity to inspect his mask and goggles with her trunk. The boy quit wibbling, stood stock-still, and gulped.

    2019 June, Suzanne Nelson, A Tale Magnolious, New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 36

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

wibble · noun, verb

Unclear; possibly originates in the British Roger Irrelevant comic strip, then popularised by Your Sinclair magazine and the comedy Blackadder.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

wibble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wibble

MLA

“wibble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wibble. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wibble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wibble.

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