GABBLED

Verb

gabbled

simple past tense and past participle of gabble

Source: Wiktionary


GABBLE

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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