Crossword clues for glibber
glibber
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glib \Glib\ (gl[i^]b), a. [Compar. Glibber (gl[i^]b"b[~e]r); superl. Glibbest (gl[i^]b"b[e^]st).] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]
Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]
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Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not.
--Shak.Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: glib)
WordNet
See glib
adj. marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"
having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [syn: pat, slick]
artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite" [syn: glib-tongued, smooth-tongued]
Usage examples of "glibber".
He had learned that they are bound by solemn treaties with the ghouls, and the ghoul which was Pickman had taught him how to glibber a password they understood.
The lie came without hesitation, as if from another set of nerves and another, glibber mouth.