Gabble

//ˈɡæbəl// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Confused or unintelligible speech. uncountable

    "a lot of gabble from witnesses"

  2. 2
    rapid and indistinct speech wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly wordnet
  3. 3
    To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.

    "gabbling fowls"

Synonyms

All synonyms
jabberbabblechatterabsurdityamphigorybabble

Example

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"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”).

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