gabble
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gab·ble
(găb′əl)v. gab·bled, gab·bling, gab·bles
v.intr.
1. To speak rapidly or incoherently; jabber.
2. To make rapid, low muttering or quacking sounds, as a goose or duck.
v.tr.
To utter rapidly or incoherently.
n.
1. Rapid, incoherent, or meaningless speech.
2. The low muttering sound of a goose or duck.
[Probably frequentative of gab.]
gab′bler n.
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gabble
(ˈɡæbəl)vb
1. to utter (words, etc) rapidly and indistinctly; jabber
2. (intr) (of geese and some other birds or animals) to utter rapid cackling noises
n
rapid and indistinct speech or noises
[C17: from Middle Dutch gabbelen, of imitative origin]
ˈgabbler n
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gab•ble
(ˈgæb əl)v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i.
1. to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
2. (of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle.
v.t. 3. to utter rapidly and unintelligibly.
n. 4. rapid, unintelligible talk.
5. any quick succession of meaningless sounds.
[1570–80; perhaps < Middle Dutch gabbelen, or expressive formation in E; see gab]
gab′bler, n.
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gabble
Past participle: gabbled
Gerund: gabbling
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gabble |
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Noun | 1. | gabble - rapid and indistinct speech |
Verb | 1. | gabble - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter |
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gabble
verbnoun
Unintelligible or foolish talk:
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Translations
كلام سَريع غَيْر واضِحيَتَكَلَّم بِسُرْعَه وبدون وُضوح
drmolenídrmolit
jappejappen
hadar
babbla, òvaîramálæîi, òvaîur
burbėjimasburbėtiliežuviu maltiplepėjimas
muldēšanamuldētpļāpāšanapļāpāt
çenebazlıkgevezeliksözü gevelemek
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gabble
(Brit)vi (person) → brabbeln (inf); (geese) → schnattern
vt poem, prayer → herunterrasseln (inf); excuse, explanation → brabbeln (inf); he gabbled out his story → er rasselte seine Geschichte herunter
n → Gebrabbel nt (inf); (of geese) → Geschnatter nt; the speaker ended in a gabble → der Redner rasselte das Ende herunter (inf)
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gabble
(ˈgӕbl) verb to talk very quickly and not very clearly.
noun fast, incoherent talk.
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