gabble

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.

Noun

Confused or unintelligible speech.

Synonyms

chatter

jabber

babble

prattle

blabber

prate

twaddle

gab

palaver

gibber

blab

maunder

tittle-tattle

tattle

clack

piffle

chat

cackle

gossip

speak fast

chitchat

cluck

blather

jabbering

tittle tattle

claptrap

rattle

rave

schmooze

shiver

chew the fat

chaffer

schmoose

waffle

🧇

witter

yack

yammer

yap

confab

prittle prattle

talk nonsense

yapp

shmooze

talk idly

babblement

rattle away

chin wagging

shmoose

speak unadvisedly

gas

Translations

schnattern

bavarder

babiller

baragouiner

charla

🗣️

caqueter

gackern

quaken

graznar

αέτωμα

farfugliamento

bredouiller

farfugliare

bredouillement

φλυαρώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡæbəl/

Etymology

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: gabbelje

Cognate with Dutch: gabbelen

In summary

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