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gabble

[ gab-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, gab·bled, gab·bling.
  1. to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
  2. (of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle.


verb (used with object)

, gab·bled, gab·bling.
  1. to utter rapidly and unintelligibly.

noun

  1. rapid, unintelligible talk.
  2. any quick succession of meaningless sounds.

gabble

/ ˈɡæbəl /

verb

  1. to utter (words, etc) rapidly and indistinctly; jabber
  2. intr (of geese and some other birds or animals) to utter rapid cackling noises
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. rapid and indistinct speech or noises
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgabbler, noun
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Other Words From

  • gabbler noun
  • outgabble verb (used with object) outgabbled outgabbling
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gabble1

First recorded in 1570–80; perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen, or an expressive formation in English; gab 1, gob 4, -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gabble1

C17: from Middle Dutch gabbelen , of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

“Doing more with less” is often management-gabble to justify arbitrary budget cuts.

The excitement and gabble were worse than the Dean case, or Federation, and sickened me, for they were all on the wrong track.

But no flight of arrows rattled among the boughs, and all we heard was the gabble of excited voices.

The lovely gabble of the cranes and the wild swans comes back to me whenever I think of the place.

"You must be drunk yourself to come here waking me up in the middle of the night, to hear this idle gabble," said Louis angrily.

Two incidents alone relieved the dead level of idiocy and incomprehensible gabble.

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