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Brabble

//ˈbɹæbəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A brawl, or commotion. dated

    "This petty brabble will undo us all."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make clamorous noises; to act noisily. dated

    "Then next is the Clinke, a gaol or prison for the trespassers in those parts; namely, in old time, for such as should brabble, frey, or break the peace on the said bank, or in the brothel houses, they were by the inhabitants thereabout apprehended and committed to this gaol, where they were straitly imprisoned."

  2. 2
    argue over petty things wordnet
  3. 3
    To babble (of a stream or other watercourse).

    "Farther on, when they came to a miniature glen between the semblance of two hills, down which, in mockery of a torrent, brabbled a slim brown stream, MacLean stood still […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”).

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”).

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