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Meanings of gabble in English

Catalan
parloteig

Rapid and indistinct speech.

        parloteig
        Portuguese
        tagarelar
        Catalan
        xerrar
        Spanish
        charlar

        Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.

            tagarelar
            Usage of gabble in English
            1
            There followed a tedious debate, a muddy flow of gabble and balderdash.
            In the Year of Jubilee
            2
            Shawn began to gabble with amazing speed and in a mighty voice:
            The Crock of Gold
            3
            Abolitionists sneered at all this gabble about the sacredness of the Constitution.
            Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
            4
            There was a brave gabble of tongues enough when I came in.
            Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
            5
            You were reciting some gabble on the steps a little bit ago.
            Tabitha at Ivy Hall
            6
            Do we want to go out to the tune of that gabble?
            Cities in Flight
            7
            Each bird appeared to be endeavouring to out-squall and out-gabble its neighbour.
            The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...
            8
            And I'd like to gabble with you for an hour or two.
            The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot / Slumber-Town Tales
            9
            There was a good deal more gabble and gobble in this same vein.
            The talisman
            10
            The questions were reduced to meaningless gabble by the roar of compelling voices.
            Phantoms
            11
            He wanted the old exchange of personalities, the dear domestic gabble.
            The Living Present
            12
            From the gabble of talk all round me I knew she was French.
            Carette of Sark
            13
            Some kind of a gabble-fest on the star-star level, I gather.
            Plague Ship
            14
            I think everyone does, Stacey yells while we bang our gabble.
            News.com.au
            15
            There was a wild gabble of voices, over the supper table that night.
            Hiram the Young Farmer
            16
            When the reverberations ceased, the gabble of the audience also did.
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            Translations for gabble
            Portuguese
            tagarelar
            Gabble through the time
            Gabble across language varieties
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