gabble
verb (used without object)
to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
was gabbling
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past progressiveof gabble.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She was gabbling something to Mr. Taphouse, but he couldn’t make it out either, because he said, “Slow down, Sister. Slow down. Take a breath and speak slowly.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Already an excited voice was gabbling from the telescreen, but even as it started it was almost drowned by a roar of cheering from outside.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Prosper turned to Master Porges, who was gabbling prayers for his enemies.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
The clerk was gabbling over the indictment, and in a minute or two there was the accustomed question, "How say you, Guilty or Not Guilty?"
From Mary Barton by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
About eight or ten people was huddled round the couch, parties I could hardly make out through this gas attack, and everyone was gabbling.
From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
