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Webster 1913 Edition

Gabble

Gab′ble

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gabbled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gabbling
.]
[Freq. of
gab
. See
Gab
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.
Shak.

Gab′ble

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gabble

GAB'BLE

,
Verb.
I.
[Eng. to gibe.]
1.
To prate; to talk fast, or to talk without meaning.
Such a rout, and such a rabble,
Run to hear Jack Pudding gabble.
2.
To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as gabbling fowls.

GAB'BLE

,
Noun.
Loud or rapid talk with meaning.
1.
Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered, as of fowls.

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