gabble
verb (used without object)
to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
had gabbled
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past perfectof gabble.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Spruce had gabbled of it, saying that 'what with jellies an' ices an' all the things as has to be thought of an' got in ready,' she was 'fair mazed an' moithered.'
From God's Good Man by Marie Corelli
Galva had listened as in a dream to the little black-robed sacristan, whose duty it was to show the burial-place to visitors, as he had gabbled through the history of the tragedy.
From The Princess Galva A Romance by David Whitelaw
Scanning Mr. Grimes more narrowly, she faintly remembered him, and the unpleasant, nasal-toned voice which had gabbled through her marriage settlement.
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Walter Crane
