brabble

== English == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹæbəl/ === Verb === brabble (third-person singular simple present brabbles, present participle brabbling, simple past and past participle brabbled) (dated) To make clamorous noises; to act noisily. 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 141,[1] Brabbling curs never want sore ears. 1883, Edward Maunde Thompson, Preface to Diary of Richard Cocks, cape-merchant in the English factory in Japan, 1615-1622, London: Hakluyt Society, p. xxxvi,[2] And it was not only with the English that the Dutch sailors quarrelled. They were drunken and riotous and “brabbled” in the streets, till at last the long-suffering Japanese lost patience and seizing two of them summarily cut off their heads. To babble (of a stream or other watercourse). === Noun === brabble (plural brabbles) (dated) A brawl, or commotion. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “brabble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === babbler, blabber