![]() helter-skelter, hanky-panky, roly-poly, willy-nilly, hocus-pocus), coupling "jibber" and "jabber" would have been a natural formation at any time in the last 400 years, and it may have been commonplace for many years before it finally appeared in print. Given English-speakers' love of reduplicated words (e.g. gabble, yabber, gab, jabble.) The earliest sighting of "jibber-jabber" recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1922, but that doesn't mean that was "the year it first appeared". (There are a number of similar words in English all meanig much the same thing - e.g. "Jibber" (spelt "gibber") was used by Shakespeare "jabber" is recorded in 1499. Jibber-jabber is a coupling of "jibber" and "jabber", which are themselves variants of the same onomatopoeic verb meaning "To speak rapidly and inarticulately to chatter, talk nonsense". jibber-jabber noun Excessive or meaningless talk. : Not having even the 'foggiest' idea is having no idea at all not even a badly formed, undefined one. : As for the second part, something that is 'foggy' is unclear, hard to discern - for fairly obvious reasons - so a foggy idea (if such a phrase existed) would be a vague one. JIBBER-JABBER MEANING IN HINDI ( jibar jaibar) ( other ) Test your word knowledge Play Games Our latest learning videos Prev Next 1 2 3 Watch more videos HinKhoj English Hindi Dictionary: Jibber-jabber Jibber-jabber - Meaning in Hindi. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and. ![]() You can complete the definition of jibber given by the English Definition dictionary with other English dictionaries: Wikipedia, Lexilogos, Oxford, Cambridge, Chambers Harrap, Wordreference, Collins Lexibase dictionaries, Merriam Webster. Definition of jabber verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Also, where did the phrase "I haven't the foggiest idea" come from? Search jibber and thousands of other words in English definition and synonym dictionary from Reverso. ![]() : : Where did the phrase "jibber jabber" come from? I need the year it first appeared. In Reply to: Jibber jabber posted by David FG on Novemat 08:58: Posted by Victoria S Dennis on Novemat 16:32
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