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Dictionary: gab·ble   (găb'əl) pronunciation

v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.intr.
  1. To speak rapidly or incoherently; jabber.
  2. To make rapid, low muttering or quacking sounds, as a goose or duck.
v.tr.
To utter rapidly or incoherently.

n.
  1. Rapid, incoherent, or meaningless speech.
  2. The low muttering sound of a goose or duck.

[Probably frequentative of GAB .]

gabbler gab'bler n.

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verb

    To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, chatter, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle. See words.

noun

    Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle. See words.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: rapid and indistinct speech
  Synonyms: jabber, jabbering


The verb gabble has one meaning:

Meaning #1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  Synonyms: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - knevre, sludre
v. tr. - plapre løs
n. - knevren, plapren

Nederlands (Dutch)
lellen, luidruchtig kletsen, afraffelen, luidruchtig geklets, geraffel

Français (French)
v. intr. - bredouiller, manger ses mots
v. tr. - débiter un discours à toute vitesse
n. - baragouinage

Deutsch (German)
v. - (ugs.) plappern, herunterhaspeln
n. - (ugs.) Geschwätz

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρλάρω, φλυαρώ (κν. τσαμπουνάω), μιλώ γρήγορα ή ασυνάρτητα, τσεβδίζω, ψελλίζω
n. - φλυαρία, κουβεντολόι

Italiano (Italian)
barbugliare, cicaleccio, barbugliamento

Português (Portuguese)
v. - falar rapidamente ou incoerentemente, tagarelar
n. - tagarelice (f)

Русский (Russian)
комкать слова, говорить бессвязно, гоготать (о гусях), бормотание, трепотня

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - charlotear, hablar atropelladamente, farfullar, cloquear
v. tr. - charlotear, hablar atropelladamente, farfullar
n. - farfulla, habla atropellada, charloteo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pladdra, kackla, rabbla
n. - kackel, pladder

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
七嘴八嘴地说, 喋喋不休地说, 急促地说, 急促而含糊的话

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 七嘴八嘴地說, 喋喋不休地說
v. tr. - 急促地說
n. - 急促而含糊的話

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 빨리 말하다, (동물 등이) 큰 소리로 울다
v. tr. - 빨리 말하다
n. - 빨리 말하기, 빨리 말하는 사람, 알아 듣지 못하게 말함[사람]

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 早口で話す, 早口でまくしたてる, 鳴く
n. - 早口のおしゃべり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهذر, يثرثر (الاسم) هذر, ثرثرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מלמל, דיבר במבטא לא ברור‬
v. tr. - ‮קרא בקול מהר מדי‬
n. - ‮קריאה בקול רם בקצב מהיר מדי, דיבור מהיר בלתי מובן‬


 
 
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