gibble-gabblen.
/ˈɡɪb(ə)lˈɡab(ə)l/ Senseless chatter.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter
chirma800
clappingc1386
glavera1400
clapa1420
clackc1440
blabc1460
clattera1500
babble?a1525
babblery1532
pratery1533
clitter-clatter1535
by-talk?1551
prattle1555
prittle-prattle1556
twittle-twattle1565
cacquet1567
prate?1574
prattlement1579
babblement1595
gibble-gabble1600
gabble1602
twattlea1639
tolutiloquence1656
pratement1657
gaggle1668
leden1674
cackle1676
twit-twat1677
clash1685
chit-chat1710
chatter-chitter1711
chitter-chatter1712
palavering1732
hubble-bubble1735
palaver1748
rattle1748
gum1751
mag1778
gabber1780
gammon1781
gash1787
chattery1789
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
yabble1808
clacket1812
talky-talky1812
potter1818
yatter1827
blue streak1830
gabblement1831
psilologya1834
chin-music1834
patter1841
jaw1842
chatter1851
brabble1861
tongue-work1866
yacker1882
talkee1885
chelp1891
chattermag1895
whitter1897
burble1898
yap1907
clatfart1913
jive1928
logorrhœa1935
waffle1937
yackety-yacking1953
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
motormouth1976
1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C3 Hees some vplandish workman, hire him good master, that I may learne some gibble, gabble, twill make vs worke the faster.
1615 J. Taylor Siege Jerusalem in Wks. (1630) 10/2 Such Gibrish Gibble Gabble all did iangle.
1769 Trinculo's Trip 41 Soon was heard a gibble-gabble, Neither harmony or sense.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Gibble-gabble, silly chatter.
Derivatives
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
1775 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 211 They said the grace as fast as able, Syn a' yok'd to to gibble-gabble, And mak a din.
c1785 John Thompson's Man 11 She will gibble-gabble like a Goose.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler
penduguma1529
gibble-gabbler1653
maunderer1827
nonsense-talkera1832
bunkumite1864
phlyarologist1867
twitterer1895
blitherer1902
bosher1913
gobshite1946
waffler1959
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xi. 75 The babling tattle, and fond fibs, seditiously raised between the gibblegablers, and Accursian gibberish-mongers.
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