gabble

== English == === Etymology === From gab +‎ -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡæbəl/ Rhymes: -æbəl === Verb === gabble (third-person singular simple present gabbles, present participle gabbling, simple past and past participle gabbled) (ambitransitive) To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity. ==== Synonyms ==== babble; See also Thesaurus:prattle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === gabble (uncountable) Confused or unintelligible speech. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:chatter ==== Derived terms ==== gibble-gabble ==== Translations ==== == Yola == === Etymology === Cognate with English gabble. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡabl/ === Noun === gabble talk, prattle === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41