"gibbled" meaning in English

See gibbled in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more gibbled [comparative], most gibbled [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} gibbled (comparative more gibbled, superlative most gibbled)
  1. (Canada, informal) Disorganized, awkward, messed up. Tags: Canada, informal
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          "ref": "1999, Katie Ouriou, Julie Johnston, Love Ya Like a Sister: A Story of Friendship, Tundra Books, →ISBN, page 155:",
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          "ref": "2008, Donna Milner, After River, London: Quercus, →ISBN, page 63:",
          "text": "I tried to swing my hips, to swish my skirt across the top of my calves, the way Mom's did. My feet became tangled. I tripped over my heavy boots and tumbled to the ground. My pail flew out of my hand and the few berries I'd gathered scattered onto the forest floor. My awkward sprawl sent Morgan and Carl into shrills of laughter. 'Look at Nat. She's gibbled,' they shrieked.",
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          "ref": "2014, Joan Thomas, The Opening Sky, Toronto, O.N.: McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 102:",
          "text": "When Liz was pregnant with her, they say, ultrasound technology was much cruder. Every once in a while you got a flash of a limb or an organ, but the image was so gibbled you started having nightmares that your baby was misshapen or maybe in pieces.",
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