n. Rapid or casual talk; chatter. intr.v. yab·bered, yab·ber·ing, yab·bers To talk or converse rapidly or casually. [From Australian pidgin, probably from a source in the Pama-Nyungan languages of southeast Australia such as Wiradhuri ya-, to talk (perhaps influenced by English JABBER).] |
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