“A moment the small people of the market place stopped their gabble as the proud array swept by…”
-Robert E. Howard, from a fragment of an untitled Kull story
gab•ble
ˈɡabəl/
verb
verb: gabble; 3rd person present: gabbles; past tense: gabbled; past participle: gabbled; gerund or present participle: gabbling
1. 1.
talk rapidly and unintelligibly; utter meaningless sounds.
synonyms: jabber, babble, prattle, rattle, blabber, gibber, blab, drivel, twitter, sputter
noun
noun: gabble
1. 1.
rapid, unintelligible talk.
synonyms: jabbering, babbling, chattering, gibbering, babble, chatter, rambling
Origin
late 16th century: from Dutch gabbelen, of imitative origin.
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