Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gabs, prates, talks idly, or lies.
- noun A person skilful in the art of burlesque.
- To gabble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A liar; a deceiver.
- noun One addicted to idle talk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A style of
electronic music , asubgenre ofhardcore techno characterised by adistorted kick sound andcontroversial lyrics orsamples . - noun obsolete A
liar ; adeceiver . - noun One who is addicted to
idle talk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hyphenate is set to continue on "Top Model" and as host of her syndie gabber, which is produced via Warner's Telepictures unit.
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He must be a "gabber" for the nonce, a free talker, a chatterer, who would cover up all pauses.
Trailin'! Max Brand 1918
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Like Nacchio, Leiweke is a gifted gabber and visionary.
The Man Behind the Curtain Christopher Helman 2010
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He played into Limbaugh's hands the first month he took office when he tried to scare GOP House reps away from him by warning them that they wouldn't get much out of the White House by clinging to the talk show gabber.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Want to Promote Glenn Beck? Keep Bashing Him 2010
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He played into Limbaugh's hands the first month he took office when he tried to scare GOP House reps away from him by warning them that they wouldn't get much out of the White House by clinging to the talk show gabber.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Want to Promote Glenn Beck? Keep Bashing Him 2010
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A new video piece focuses on the hypnotic rhythmical geometries of gabber, a hardcore techno subgenre.
This week's new art picks amp; Robert Clark 2010
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For the past half century single mothers have been ritually dumped on by everyone from liberal sociologists to Christian fundamentalists and even self-promoting gabber Ann Coulter.
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The gabber instantly snatched at the quip and turned it into a multi show bonanza.
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The gabber instantly snatched at the quip and turned it into a multi show bonanza.
A Prime Example of The Left Lying to Itself and Everyone Else - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009
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So why are so many people, from TV gabber Whoopi Goldberg who said it wasn't "rape rape" since Polanski pleaded guilty to only "unlawful sex with a minor" to tainted actor Woody Allen and on to movie mega-producer Harvey Weinstein, who said he's "calling on every film-maker we can to help fix this terrible situation," all about forgiving and forgetting what Polanski did?
Diane Dimond: Polanski Punishment Should Fit the Crime - Period 2009
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