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gabble
[gab-uhl]
verb (used without object)
to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
(of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle.
verb (used with object)
to utter rapidly and unintelligibly.
noun
rapid, unintelligible talk.
any quick succession of meaningless sounds.
gabble
/ ˈɡæə /
verb
to utter (words, etc) rapidly and indistinctly; jabber
(intr) (of geese and some other birds or animals) to utter rapid cackling noises
noun
rapid and indistinct speech or noises
Other Word Forms
- gabbler noun
- outgabble verb (used with object)
- ˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gabble1
Example Sentences
Hugo House is steamy by comparison, a hotbed of nerves and gabble.
He poked his head into the doorway and began to gabble good-naturedly about something or other, and after a few minutes we picked up our drinks and followed him back to the living room.
“Trust,” I say, gabbling in the release of endorphins, in a delirium, lying on my back on the wide, flat rock.
Harvey’s first collaboration with John Parish, Dance Hall at Louse Point, at its most strange and unpredictable: a gabbled, whispered vocal over a chaotic backing that occasionally resolves into something like an alt-rock chorus.
After a while the kid learned so fast she gave out of Spanish and just gabbled along with made-up sounds.
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