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gabble

  • /ˈɡæbəl/

Rhymes with -æbəl

Where it comes from

From gab + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”).

verb gabbles · gabbling · gabbled

  1. ambitransitive To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning. I pitied thee, took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour one thing or other; when thou didst not, savage, know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like a thing most brutish
  2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity. gabbling fowls

Similar: babble

noun

  1. uncountable Confused or unintelligible speech. a lot of gabble from witnesses

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Similar: babble

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verb talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning

Españolfarfullar, hablar atropelladamente

verb to utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity

Españolfarfullar, hablar atropelladamente

noun Translations

Españolfarfulla

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@misc{gabble_2026,
  title = {gabble},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gabble},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}