gibbers
Talks without sense
Gibbers is the third-person singular of gibber, meaning to speak rapidly and incoherently, producing sounds that resemble speech but carry no clear meaning: The patient gibbers to himself in the corner.
The word suggests agitation, madness, or terror—someone so disturbed they've lost the capacity for intelligible communication.
Incoherent speech
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- rambleMove or speak without direction
mumble · yammer · natter · blabber · nonsense · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · double-talk
babble
Incoherent speech
ramble · mumble · yammer · natter · blabber · nonsense · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · double-talk · drivel
babytalk
Simplified speech for infants
goo-goo · ga-ga · prattle · burble · murmur · toddler · nonsense · cutesy · innocent · playful
stammer
Speak with involuntary repetitions
- splutterSpeak confusedly, in bursts
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
stumble · babble · ramble · fluster · panic · anxiety · trembling · agitation · incoherence · discomposure
gibbersarticulates
Expresses in words
enunciates · orates · expounds · discourses · declaims