jabber
Talk without sense
Jabber is rapid, excited, or incoherent speech—talking quickly without much substance or clarity.
The word suggests noise over meaning: The children jabbered excitedly about their trip.
It can describe any fast, hard-to-follow talk: technical jabber, nervous jabber.
As a noun, jabber is such speech itself: I couldn't make sense of their jabber.
Trivial, prolonged speech
- natterLight, aimless conversation
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
- yakHimalayan ox or chatter
blabber · patter · chinwag · chitchat · gossip · tattle · banter · gab
Incoherent speech
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · balderdash · hogwash · poppycock · claptrap · codswallop · piffle
Move or speak without direction
- maunderSpeak in unfocused circles
- digressStray from the topic
- meanderTo travel without direction
- droneUnmanned flying machine
bloviate · monologue · spout · go on · wander · tangent · long-winded · verbose
Short, separated note style
- machine-gunRapid-fire automatic firearm
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
- hurriedDone too quickly
- fast-talkingPersuasively rapid in speech
motormouthed · mile-a-minute · rattling · quick-fire · animated · excitable · energetic · frenetic
Crossed bars or harsh
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- tediousBoring through length
wearisome · incessant · relentless · endless · nonstop · ceaseless · nagging · exasperating
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
yak · blabber · patter · chinwag · chitchat · gossip · tattle · banter · gab · schmooze
babble
Incoherent speech
twaddle · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · balderdash · hogwash · poppycock · claptrap · codswallop · piffle · baloney
ramble
Move or speak without direction
drone · bloviate · monologue · spout · go on · wander · tangent · long-winded · verbose · aimless
staccato
Short, separated note style
- machine-gunRapid-fire automatic firearm
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
- hurriedDone too quickly
fast-talking · motormouthed · mile-a-minute · rattling · quick-fire · animated · excitable · energetic · frenetic
grating
Crossed bars or harsh
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
tedious · wearisome · incessant · relentless · endless · nonstop · ceaseless · nagging · exasperating · aggravating
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gobbledegook, gobbledygook, ridiculous
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- chatterchat, chatter, chatting, chitchat, chit-chat
- gibberishnonsense, babble, babbling, drivel, garble
- ramblingramble, babble, blather, prattle, waffle
- speaking verbschat, chatter, gossip, blab, gab
jabberarticulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
enunciate · elocute · speak clearly · annunciate · declaim
jabbereloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
orate · discourse · measured speech · weigh one's words · declaim
- jibber jabberIncoherent, pointless speech
jabbering, jabbered, jabbers, jabberer, jabberers, jabberings