Gabble

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡæbÉ™l/
• Rhymes: -æbÉ™l

Origin

gab + -le, frequentative.

Full definition of gabble

Verb

1. To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
• 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, scene II :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
• 1900, Mark Twain, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, ch. 4:Then he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable.
2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.gabbling fowls

Synonyms

• babble

Synonyms