gabble
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈɡæbəl/
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- The shirts, in turn, disappeared behind the blue first-class curtain, and there were thumping sounds and the clatter of a serving cart, while a fearful gabble arose from the passengers still in their seats.
Examples
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When will Mr. Wood conclude his interminable gabble?
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Perhaps from prying eyes or well-meant inquiries, from the gabble of tourists and the strange uninterrupted hum of Manhattan across the water.
Fiction book (2000) -
"All right," he said, before the gabble could rise again.
Fiction book (2001) -
The women began talking in an intense gabble the girl could not understand, while the shadows in the room gradually
Fiction book (1990) -
Over the multilingual gabble, someone started calling for papers in six different languages, and the person on my left dropped like a stone.
Fiction book (1991) -
We've no time for your gabble.
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"This seemed to please the entire party; in a gabble of agreement, they streamed out the door. Molly snatched her jacket out of her closet and bolted after them.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the meeting, the speaker's gabble made it hard for anyone to follow the discussion.
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The children's gabble filled the playground as they played games and exchanged stories.
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Amidst the crowd, there was a constant gabble that made it difficult to hear the band playing.
Synonyms
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4.6
A soft, unclear sound made when someone speaks
19
4.4
Soft, happy sounds a baby makes before speaking clearly
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7.8
A rapid, unclear talk that is hard to understand
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3.6
Speaking quietly and not clearly so people cannot understand
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7.9
Fast, unclear talk that is hard to understand
Speech made of baby-like, unclear sounds that do not make sense
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Gabble probably comes from the short word gab ('to talk') and sounds like fast, confused speech, just like babble. So, a gabble is a rush of quick, hard-to-understand words or voices.