yabber
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yab·ber
(yăb′ər) Australiann.
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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yabber
(ˈjæbə)vb
(intr) to talk or jabber
n
talk or jabber
[C19: from a native Australian language yabba talk, probably influenced by jabber]
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jab•ber
(ˈdʒæb ər)v.i., v.t.
1. to speak rapidly, indistinctly, or nonsensically; chatter.
n. 2. rapid, or nonsensical talk.
[1490–1500; appar. imitative]
jab′ber•er, n.
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yabber
Past participle: yabberred
Gerund: yabberring
| Imperative |
|---|
| yabber |
| yabber |
| Present |
|---|
| I yabber |
| you yabber |
| he/she/it yabbers |
| we yabber |
| you yabber |
| they yabber |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I yabberred |
| you yabberred |
| he/she/it yabberred |
| we yabberred |
| you yabberred |
| they yabberred |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am yabberring |
| you are yabberring |
| he/she/it is yabberring |
| we are yabberring |
| you are yabberring |
| they are yabberring |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have yabberred |
| you have yabberred |
| he/she/it has yabberred |
| we have yabberred |
| you have yabberred |
| they have yabberred |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was yabberring |
| you were yabberring |
| he/she/it was yabberring |
| we were yabberring |
| you were yabberring |
| they were yabberring |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had yabberred |
| you had yabberred |
| he/she/it had yabberred |
| we had yabberred |
| you had yabberred |
| they had yabberred |
| Future |
|---|
| I will yabber |
| you will yabber |
| he/she/it will yabber |
| we will yabber |
| you will yabber |
| they will yabber |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have yabberred |
| you will have yabberred |
| he/she/it will have yabberred |
| we will have yabberred |
| you will have yabberred |
| they will have yabberred |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be yabberring |
| you will be yabberring |
| he/she/it will be yabberring |
| we will be yabberring |
| you will be yabberring |
| they will be yabberring |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been yabberring |
| you have been yabberring |
| he/she/it has been yabberring |
| we have been yabberring |
| you have been yabberring |
| they have been yabberring |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been yabberring |
| you will have been yabberring |
| he/she/it will have been yabberring |
| we will have been yabberring |
| you will have been yabberring |
| they will have been yabberring |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been yabberring |
| you had been yabberring |
| he/she/it had been yabberring |
| we had been yabberring |
| you had been yabberring |
| they had been yabberring |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would yabber |
| you would yabber |
| he/she/it would yabber |
| we would yabber |
| you would yabber |
| they would yabber |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have yabberred |
| you would have yabberred |
| he/she/it would have yabberred |
| we would have yabberred |
| you would have yabberred |
| they would have yabberred |
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