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"tags": [
"Australia",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɪbə/"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "gibber"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er (relational)"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gib",
"3": "er",
"id2": "relational"
},
"expansion": "gib + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "gib + -er",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gibbers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "gibber (plural gibbers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse\nA hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A balky horse."
],
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[
"balky",
"balky"
],
[
"horse",
"horse"
]
]
}
],
"word": "gibber"
}
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