gabble
verb /ˈɡæbl/
/ˈɡæbl/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gabble | /ˈɡæbl/ /ˈɡæbl/ |
| he / she / it gabbles | /ˈɡæblz/ /ˈɡæblz/ |
| past simple gabbled | /ˈɡæbld/ /ˈɡæbld/ |
| past participle gabbled | /ˈɡæbld/ /ˈɡæbld/ |
| -ing form gabbling | /ˈɡæblɪŋ/ /ˈɡæblɪŋ/ |
- to talk quickly so that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you
- She was nervous and started to gabble.
- gabble on/away They were gabbling on about the past.
- gabble something He was gabbling nonsense.
- + speech ‘No, no, not all,’ she gabbled.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Dutch gabbelen, of imitative origin.