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gabble

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gab⋅ble

  [gab-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
2. (of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle.
–verb (used with object)
3. to utter rapidly and unintelligibly.
–noun
4. rapid, unintelligible talk.
5. any quick succession of meaningless sounds.
Origin:
1570–80; perh. < MD gabbelen, or expressive formation in E; cf. gab 1 , gob 4 , -le

Related forms:
gabbler, noun
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gab·ble   (gāb'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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Word Origin & History

gabble 
1577, frequentative of gab (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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