2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; -- used of fowls as well as people; as, gabbling geese. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
gabbled — gab·ble || gæbl n. fast noisy talk which is difficult to understand; noises with no meaning (often pertaining to animal sounds) v. speak fast, speak inarticulately; make unintelligible sounds … English contemporary dictionary
gabble — [[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… … English dictionary
gab´bler — gab|ble «GAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to talk rapidly and noisily with little or no meaning; jabber: »We were nervous of Mr. Cookeem, feeling we had not the correct entrée or visa as he waited while customers were served and he and … Useful english dictionary
gab|ble — «GAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to talk rapidly and noisily with little or no meaning; jabber: »We were nervous of Mr. Cookeem, feeling we had not the correct entrée or visa as he waited while customers were served and he and they… … Useful english dictionary
gabble — 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… … English dictionary
Gabble — Gab ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gabbling}.] [Freq. of gab. See {Gab}, v. i.] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; used of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gabbling — Gabble Gab ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gabbling}.] [Freq. of gab. See {Gab}, v. i.] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gabble — verb (gabbled; gabbling) Etymology: probably of imitative origin Date: 1577 intransitive verb 1. to talk fast or foolishly ; jabber 2. to utter inarticulate or animal sounds transitive verb to say with incoherent rapidity ; babble • … New Collegiate Dictionary
Exonym and endonym — In ethnolinguistics, an endonym or autonym (from the Greek ἔνδον, éndon, within or αὐτο , auto , self and ὄνομα, ónoma, name ) is a local name for a geographical feature, and an exonym or xenonym (from the Greek: ἔξω, éxō, out or ξένος , xénos,… … Wikipedia
Cylindre De Cyrus — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cylindre (homonymie). Le Cylindre de Cyrus conservé au British Museum … Wikipédia en Français
