subs. (old: now colloquial).—Nonsense; indistinct and rapid speech; PATTER (q.v.).
1690. D’URFEY, Collin’s Walk through London and Westminster, c. IV., p. 183.
| With which, and wild Egyptian JABBERING, | |
| She got her Living without Labouring. |
1720. DEFOE, Captain Singleton, I., xi. Pray what are we the wiser for all their JABBERING?
