gibber
verb [I] /ˈdʒɪb.ər/
/-ɚ/ mainly disapprovingDefinition
› to speak quickly in a way that cannot be understood, usually when you are very frightened or confused: Stop gibbering, man, and tell us what you saw.Ways of talking gibbering /-ɪŋ/ adjective › I stood there like a gibbering idiot.Stupid and sillyOf unsound mind
(Definition of gibber verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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