2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; -- used of fowls as well as people; as, gabbling geese. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
gabbling — gab·ble || gæbl n. fast noisy talk which is difficult to understand; noises with no meaning (often pertaining to animal sounds) v. speak fast, speak inarticulately; make unintelligible sounds … English contemporary dictionary
gabbling — gabbˈling or gabbˈlement noun • • • Main Entry: ↑gabble … Useful english dictionary
Gabble — Gab ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gabbling}.] [Freq. of gab. See {Gab}, v. i.] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; used of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gabbled — Gabble Gab ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gabbling}.] [Freq. of gab. See {Gab}, v. i.] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
goose — gooselike, adj. /goohs/, n., pl. geese for 1, 2, 4, 8, 9; gooses for 5 7; v., goosed, goosing. n. 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated, web footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are… … Universalium
gabble — gab|ble1 [ˈgæbəl] v past tense and past participle gabbled present participle gabbling [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen] to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gabble — 1 verb gabbled, gabbling (I, T) to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you or understand you properly: Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened. | gabble away/on: Gina tends to gabble away when she s excited. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gabble — verb (gabbled; gabbling) Etymology: probably of imitative origin Date: 1577 intransitive verb 1. to talk fast or foolishly ; jabber 2. to utter inarticulate or animal sounds transitive verb to say with incoherent rapidity ; babble • … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dolly Pentreath — Dolly Pentreath, in an engraved portrait published in 1781 Dolly Pentreath, or Dorothy Pentreath (baptised 1692, died December 1777) was probably the last fluent native speaker of the Cornish language, prior to its revival in 1904 and the… … Wikipedia
Mikołaj Rej — Born February 4, 1505(1505 02 04) Żurawno, Poland (now Zhuravno, Ukraine) Died between September 8 and October 5, 1569 (aged 64) Rejowiec … Wikipedia
