- present participle of gibber.
gibbering
Example Sentences
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“Wash your hands, wash your hands” the prime minister kept gibbering last night.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2020
But one glance at Gammell’s hollow-eyed ghouls, shrieking skeletal brides, and gibbering specters told any kid that here was something that danced right on the edge of taboo.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2019
Hermes leads them, gibbering like bats, past various underworld landmarks, the white rock of Leukas, etc., and on their way they pass the δῆμον ὀνείρων, which Homer leaves undescribed and unexplained.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2018
The men who leer after Candy are truly fatuous primates, fit for little but gibbering at the moon.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
Outside the door all seemed quiet, but the moment she entered, each of the children assumed a pose of distraught misery, accompanied by moans and feverish gibbering.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
