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GABBLE
jabber, jabbering, gabble
(noun) rapid and indistinct speech
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gabble (third-person singular simple present gabbles, present participle gabbling, simple past and past participle gabbled)
(ambitransitive) To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.
Synonyms
• babble; See also prattle
Noun
gabble (uncountable)
Confused or unintelligible speech.
• G. K. Chesterton
Synonyms
• See also chatter
Source: Wiktionary
Gab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gabbling.] Etym: [Freq. of gab. See Gab, v. i.]
1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak.
2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls. Dryden.
Gab"ble, n.
1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning. Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the builders. Milton.
2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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