gabble
Collocations
5ADJ.
be-all, ceaseless, nervous, over, soon, suspect
VERB + GABBLE
began, kids, love, meaning, stream
GABBLE + NOUN
alibis, brawl, moment, thing, witnesses
PREP.
during, from
ADV.
excitedly
Definitions
verb
To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
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
Then he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable.
To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.
gabbling fowls
I not to Cinna’s Ears, nor Varus dare aſpire; / But gabble like a Gooſe; amidſt the Svvan-like Quire.
noun
Confused or unintelligible speech.
a lot of gabble from witnesses
[T]he driver was delayed there by a skimpy little woman with a thin piping voice practised in the art of defeating escape from it by a ceaseless stream of gabble.
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6I 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
WiktionaryThen he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable.
WiktionaryAmericans are always drinking in crossroads saloons on Sunday afternoon; they bring their kids; they gabble and brawl over brews; everything’s fine.
Wiktionarya lot of gabble from witnesses
Wiktionary[T]he driver was delayed there by a skimpy little woman with a thin piping voice practised in the art of defeating escape from it by a ceaseless stream of gabble.
WiktionaryThe 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.
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