gabble
to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
(of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle.
to utter rapidly and unintelligibly.
rapid, unintelligible talk.
any quick succession of meaningless sounds.
Origin of gabble
1Other words from gabble
- gabbler, noun
- outgabble, verb (used with object), out·gab·bled, out·gab·bling.
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How to use gabble in a sentence
Then you can't make more out of it than you can by spending it gabbling with the crowd.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. StandishThey disappeared—Marbridge gabbling cheerfully—into the house.
Joan Thursday | Louis Joseph VanceI hastily imitated the gesture Kyral had made, gabbling a few words of an archaic charm.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyThey were a merry set, and such an amount of quacking, cackling and gabbling as they made was seldom heard.
And at that moment a harsh laugh overhead broke the silence startlingly, and set all the poultry in the yard gabbling.
Madam Crowl's Ghost and The Dead Sexton | Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
British Dictionary definitions for gabble
/ (ˈɡæbəl) /
to utter (words, etc) rapidly and indistinctly; jabber
(intr) (of geese and some other birds or animals) to utter rapid cackling noises
rapid and indistinct speech or noises
Origin of gabble
1Derived forms of gabble
- gabbler, noun
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