🗣️ To speak quickly 🗣️ Fast unclear speech

to gabble

1 7.9

To talk quickly and unclearly so others cannot understand you

verb
/ˈɡæbəl/

: hablar rápidamente

At the party, the guests were gabbling about trivial things, leaving the host overwhelmed.
began to gabble

Examples

From what I can tell, listening to them gabble over the last couple of days, every one of your sister's college friends has a crush on you.

Fiction book (2001)
On a radio somewhere, a disc jockey is gabbling incomprehensibly.

Fiction book (1998)
You can gabble all you want then.

Witchfinder General (1968)
Three voices gabbled in response, soon joined by two more.

Fiction book (1999)
Don't stand there gabbling all night.

The Blue Bird (1940)
But just as the doors were closing, two younger girls came hurtling in, laughing and gabbling away to each other.

Fiction book (1995)
Sounds of children kicking a ball on the other side of the square returned to him, some women gabbling brightly as they walked by.

Fiction book (1994)
"You're quite right," he almost gabbled in his haste.

Fiction book (2001)
Nadia begins gabbling to Yuri in Russian.

Fiction book (2001)
The children were gabbling excitedly about their day at school.

Synonyms

to chatter

vsto gabble

86 2.7

To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things

is faster and often makes speech hard to understand

to babble

vsto gabble

75 4.4

Talk quickly in a silly way that is hard to understand

focuses on trivial topics rather than playful silliness

to ramble

vsto gabble

Informal

48 5.3

To talk or write for a long time without a clear point

is quicker and more about unclear speech than aimless length

to ramble on

vsto gabble

Informal

15 6.2

Talk for a long time in an unclear way about small unimportant things

is quicker and often makes words hard to understand rather than aimless

to yammer

vsto gabble

Informal

14 9.0

Talk loudly for a long time while complaining

is quicker and often harder to understand rather than loud complaining

to blather

vsto gabble

Informal

12 8.0

To talk a lot in a silly way that makes little sense

is quicker and more likely to make speech hard to follow

to prattle

vsto gabble

9 8.4

To talk on and on in a silly way about unimportant things

is quicker and often harder to understand than long foolish speech

to jabber

vsto gabble

Informal

8 6.5

To talk quickly and excitedly in a way that is hard to understand

is mainly about trivial continuous talk rather than excited speech

to blabber

vsto gabble

Informal

6 7.8

To talk too much and tell secrets carelessly

focuses on quick hard to follow speech rather than careless disclosure

to gibber

vsto gabble

5 8.6

To make quick unclear sounds when you are nervous or excited

is used for talking about trivial matters rather than nervous noise

to rattle on

vsto gabble

Informal

5 6.6

To talk for a long time about small boring things

is quicker and often makes speech hard to follow instead of dull

to clack

vsto gabble

Archaic

3 8.4

To talk quickly about small, unimportant things

is more likely to make speech hard to understand due to speed

to yack

vsto gabble

Informal

3 8.8

To talk a lot about unimportant things in an annoying way

is quicker and more likely to be hard to understand

to yap

vsto gabble

Informal

2 7.7

To talk a lot in an annoying, noisy way

is faster and often makes speech hard to follow not only loud

to tattle

vsto gabble

Informal

1 7.1

To talk a lot about small unimportant things, often about other people

is similar but stresses hard to understand speech rather than gossip

to gab

vsto gabble

Informal

1 6.9

To talk a lot about small unimportant things

is quicker and often hard to understand rather than just chatty

to prate

vsto gabble

Literature

1 9.9

To talk for a long time about things that do not matter

is quicker and more about unclear speech than long tedious talk

to palaver

vsto gabble

1 9.4

To talk for a long time about unimportant things

is quicker and more hurried rather than elaborate and long

to jibber

vsto gabble

1 9.9

To speak very fast so others cannot understand

focuses on trivial topics rather than only being unintelligible

to yack away

vsto gabble

Informal

1 9.1

Talk for a long time in a way that annoys other people

is faster and often harder to understand rather than only annoying

to yabber

vsto gabble

Australian

9.9

To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things

is quicker and often hard to understand rather than merely continuous

to bibble

vsto gabble

Archaic

9.9

To speak quickly in a confused or silly way

focuses on trivial topics rather than pure incoherence in speech

to twaddle

vsto gabble

Archaic

9.0

To talk for a long time about unimportant things in a silly way

is faster and more likely to be hard to understand

to gassing

vsto gabble

8.1

To talk a lot about unimportant things

is faster and more likely to be hard to understand

to tittle-tattle

vsto gabble

Archaic

9.1

Talk in a light, silly way about other people

is faster and more likely to be hard to follow instead of gossiping

to maunder

vsto gabble

9.9

To talk in a slow, unclear way about unimportant things

is faster and more about rapid hard to understand speech than rambling

to piffle

vsto gabble

Informal

9.9

To talk or act in a silly, unimportant way

is quicker and usually makes speech hard to follow rather than mere triviality

Antonyms

to listen

∞ 1.0

Pay attention to sounds or speech to hear and understand them

How Chatty

to gabble

1 7.9

to chatter

86 2.7

to prattle

9 8.4

to gab

Informal

1 6.9

to chat

Informal

269 1.0

to talk

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

gabble infinitive

gabbled past

gabbled past participle

gabbling present participle

gabbles third person singular

Etymology

Gabble probably comes from the short word gab ('to talk') and sounds like fast, confused speech, just like babble. So, to gabble is to speak quickly and in a way that is hard to understand.