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.
Words Nearby gabble
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How to use gabble in a sentence
“Doing more with less” is often management-gabble to justify arbitrary budget cuts.
The excitement and gabble were worse than the Dean case, or Federation, and sickened me, for they were all on the wrong track.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonBut no flight of arrows rattled among the boughs, and all we heard was the gabble of excited voices.
Mass' George | George Manville FennThe lovely gabble of the cranes and the wild swans comes back to me whenever I think of the place.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada Cambridge"You must be drunk yourself to come here waking me up in the middle of the night, to hear this idle gabble," said Louis angrily.
File No. 113 | Emile Gaboriau
Two incidents alone relieved the dead level of idiocy and incomprehensible gabble.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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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