Gabble
['gæb(ə)l] or ['gæbl]
Definition
(v. i.) To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.
(v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls.
(n.) Loud or rapid talk without meaning.
(n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
Checked by Brits
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Prate, prattle, babble, chatter, jabber, talk idly, rattle on.
n. Prate, prattle, chatter, clack, cackle, gossip, palaver, gab, idle talk, small talk.
Checker: Zelig
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GABBLE]
Checker: Reginald
Definition
v.i. to talk inarticulately: to chatter: to cackle like geese.—ns. Gabb′le; Gabb′ler; Gabb′ling Gabb′lement.
Typist: Malcolm
Examples
- It is my privilege, as a freeman, to gabble on whatever subject I like, responded Martin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is such a conventional superstition, such parrot gabble! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How they will gabble when the curates come in, and how weary I shall grow with listening to them! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was no gift but the confusion of tongues which has gabbled me deaf as a post. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tea was a long time in progress; all the guests gabbled as their hostess had expected they would. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Had I spoken to him when he accused me of gabbling like a fool? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What a fool Martin is, to be always gabbling about what he does not understand! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Antony