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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
Synonyms
Examples for "jabbering"
Examples for "jabbering"
1
The divisional CO spoke up: 'Let us be done with this jabbering.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
2
The saleswoman compliments her French accent, and they start jabbering in French.
The new yorker
3
Korak, returning from the hunt, heard the jabbering of the excited monkeys.
The Son of Tarzan
4
From the kneeling eunuch came a shriek and moan and incoherent jabbering.
A Williams Anthology / A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Wi...
5
I seem to loathe as much as I loved the jabbering idiot.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
1
And the answer is, when they jabber more in Vulcan, he added.
Reuters
2
There's been plenty of jabber about whether Djokovic deserves the No1 spot.
The Guardian
3
The words being spoken around her seemed to dissolve into a jabber.
The Long War
4
Julia is the linguist, and can jabber French and German like natives.
What Can She Do?
5
They were all foreigners, and they quite deafened me by their jabber.
Armadale
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.
Foundation
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Translations for gabble
Portuguese
tagarelar
Gabble through the time
Gabble across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common