English Dictionary: gabble | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for gabble | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gabble \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. |