Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to yabber
Participle: yabbered
Gerund: yabbering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | yabber |
| you | yabber |
| he;she;it | yabbers |
| we | yabber |
| you | yabber |
| they | yabber |
Perfect
| I | have yabbered |
| you | have yabbered |
| he;she;it | has yabbered |
| we | have yabbered |
| you | have yabbered |
| they | have yabbered |
Past
| I | yabbered |
| you | yabbered |
| he;she;it | yabbered |
| we | yabbered |
| you | yabbered |
| they | yabbered |
Pluperfect
| I | had yabbered |
| you | had yabbered |
| he;she;it | had yabbered |
| we | had yabbered |
| you | had yabbered |
| they | had yabbered |
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 yabbered |
| you | will have yabbered |
| he;she;it | will have yabbered |
| we | will have yabbered |
| you | will have yabbered |
| they | will have yabbered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | yabber |
| you | yabber |
| he;she;it | yabber |
| we | yabber |
| you | yabber |
| they | yabber |
Perfect
| I | have yabbered |
| you | have yabbered |
| he;she;it | have yabbered |
| we | have yabbered |
| you | have yabbered |
| they | have yabbered |
Imperfect
| I | yabbered |
| you | yabbered |
| he;she;it | yabbered |
| we | yabbered |
| you | yabbered |
| they | yabbered |
Pluperfect
| I | had yabbered |
| you | had yabbered |
| he;she;it | had yabbered |
| we | had yabbered |
| you | had yabbered |
| they | had yabbered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would yabber |
| you | would yabber |
| he;she;it | would yabber |
| we | would yabber |
| you | would yabber |
| they | would yabber |
Perfect
| I | would have yabbered |
| you | would have yabbered |
| he;she;it | would have yabbered |
| we | would have yabbered |
| you | would have yabbered |
| they | would have yabbered |
Imperative
| you | yabber |
| we | Let's yabber |
| you | yabber |
Verbs conjugated like 'yabber'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'yabber'
jabber,
amber,
barber,
blabber,
camber,
clabber,
gibber,
jibber,
rabbet,
rubber,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Dating back to 1855. Most likely a modification of Woiwurrung yaba (“to speak”).
Sample Sentences
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Fair dinkum! Will you stop yabbering at me?
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They yabbered excitedly and edged towards the bank. [1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 155:]