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View synonyms for gabble
gabble
[ gab-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
, gab·bled, gab·bling.
- to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
- (of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle.
verb (used with object)
, gab·bled, gab·bling.
- to utter rapidly and unintelligibly.
noun
- rapid, unintelligible talk.
- any quick succession of meaningless sounds.
gabble
/ ˈɡæbəl /
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
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Derived Forms
- ˈgabbler, noun
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Other Words From
- gabbler noun
- outgabble verb (used with object) outgabbled outgabbling
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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The excitement and gabble were worse than the Dean case, or Federation, and sickened me, for they were all on the wrong track.
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But no flight of arrows rattled among the boughs, and all we heard was the gabble of excited voices.
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The lovely gabble of the cranes and the wild swans comes back to me whenever I think of the place.
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"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.
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Two incidents alone relieved the dead level of idiocy and incomprehensible gabble.
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