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Definitions for: Gabble [n] rapid and indistinct speech
[v] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Webster (1913) Definition: Gab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gabbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gabbling.] [Freq. of gab. See Gab, v. i.]
1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to
jabber. --Shak.
2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling
fowls. --Dryden.
Gab"ble, n.
1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning.
Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the
builders. --Milton.
2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gibber, jabber, jabbering, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
See Also: babble, blather, blether, blither, gibber, gibberish, mouth, smatter, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
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