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gab·ble
/ˈgæbəl/
(vi.)七嘴八嘴地說,喋喋不休地說(vt.)急促地說急促講出而叫人聽不清說的話
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gab·ble
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Gabbled
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Gabbling
]
1.
To
talk
fast
,
or
to
talk
without
meaning
;
to
prate
;
to
jabber
.
2.
To
utter
inarticulate
sounds
with
rapidity
; --
used
of
fowls
as
well
as
people
;
as
,
gabbling
geese
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
gabble
n
:
rapid
and
indistinct
speech
[
syn
:
jabber
,
jabbering
]
v
:
speak
(
about
unimportant
matters
)
rapidly
and
incessantly
[
syn
:
chatter
,
piffle
,
palaver
,
prate
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
clack
,
maunder
,
prattle
,
blab
,
gibber
,
tattle
,
blabber
]
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