Gabble
/ˈɡæbəl/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Confused or unintelligible speech. uncountable
"a lot of gabble from witnesses"
- 2 rapid and indistinct speech wordnet
Verb
- 1 To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning. ambitransitive
"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 speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly wordnet
- 3 To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.
"gabbling fowls"
Example
More examples"The genii of syntax and prosody are his guardian angels, and the love of "gabble" is the be-all and the end-all of his political existence."
Etymology
From gab + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”).