gabble

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   rapid and indistinct speech

   We could hear the gabble coming from the other room.

2. 2
   verb

   to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

   My parents can't stop gabbling every time I call.

From gab + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”).

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