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  • 1gabble — [gab′əl] vi. gabbled, gabbling [freq. of GAB] 1. to talk rapidly and incoherently; jabber; chatter 2. to utter rapid, meaningless sounds, as a goose does vt. to utter rapidly and incoherently n. rapid, incoherent talk or meaningless utterance… …

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  • 2gabble — ► VERB ▪ talk rapidly and unintelligibly. ► NOUN ▪ rapid, unintelligible talk. DERIVATIVES gabbler noun. ORIGIN Dutch gabbelen …

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  • 3gabble — gab|ble1 [ˈgæbəl] v past tense and past participle gabbled present participle gabbling [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen] to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you… …

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  • 4gabble — 1 verb gabbled, gabbling (I, T) to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you or understand you properly: Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened. | gabble away/on: Gina tends to gabble away when she s excited. 2… …

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  • 5gabble — I UK [ˈɡæb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms gabble : present tense I/you/we/they gabble he/she/it gabbles present participle gabbling past tense gabbled past participle gabbled informal to speak or say something very quickly… …

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  • 6gabble — [[t]gæ̱b(ə)l[/t]] gabbles, gabbling, gabbled VERB If you gabble, you say things so quickly that it is difficult for people to understand you. [INFORMAL] Marcello sat on his knee and gabbled excitedly... [V adv] She gabbles on about drug dealers… …

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  • 7gabble — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bavardage, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blah blah, blather, blether, blethers, blubber, bombast, bull, bullshit, cackle, call, caquet, caqueterie, carol, caw, chat …

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  • 8gabble — gab|ble1 [ gæbl ] verb intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to speak or say something very quickly and without making your meaning clear, usually because you are nervous or excited gabble gab|ble 2 [ gæbl ] noun singular the sound of a lot of… …

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  • 9gabble — gabbler, n. /gab euhl/, v., gabbled, gabbling, n. v.i. 1. to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber. 2. (of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle. v.t. 3. to utter rapidly and unintelligibly. n. 4. rapid, unintelligible talk. 5. any quick… …

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  • 10gabble — gab•ble [[t]ˈgæb əl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber 2) (of hens, geese, etc.) to cackle 3) to utter rapidly and unintelligibly 4) rapid, unintelligible talk 5) any quick succession of meaningless …

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