jabblen.
/ˈdʒab(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈdʒæb(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈdʒab(ə)l/ Scottish.figurative.1896 ‘I. Maclaren’ Kate Carnegie 307 Carmichael's mind was in a jabble that day.
A slight agitated movement of water or other liquid; a splashing or dashing in small waves or ripples.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > undulation on surface
jobble1826
crispation1831
jabble1831
ripple1871
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > rippling
popplingc1575
horror1598
rippling1600
cockling1629
wimplinga1758
ripple?1760
jabble1831
1831 Mirror XVII. 415/1 There is a perpetual ‘jabble’ against the cliffs on this coast.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 21 A plash and jabble of conflicting waters.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 4 The steamer jumped, and the black buoys were dancing in the jabble.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
jabblev.1
/ˈdʒab(ə)l/ = jabber v.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > talk gibberish [verb (intransitive)]
rabblea1400
javerc1440
jabber1499
jabble1570
jargon1570
gabble1574
gibberish1577
gibber1604
cant1728
jibber1824
rigmarole1831
to talk through (the back of) one's neck1899
garble1913
jibber-jabber1922
jabberwock1959
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)]
singOE
cry1398
clamourc1400
call1486
baya1525
jabberc1817
jabble1830
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv v/2 To Babil, garrire. To Brabil, idem, multum loqui. To Iabil, idem.
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 313 Thousands of birds, all jabbling and dabbling, and paddling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
jabblev.2
Scottish.
a. transitive. To shake or mix up together (quot. 1760); to shake up or agitate (a liquid), to cause to splash.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > shake together or up > a liquid
jabble1760
1760 G. Washington Writings (1889) II. 163 All mix'd..by..jabling them well together in a Cloth.
1825–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Jabble, 1. To cause agitation of the sea, as when the wind rises. 2. To agitate the liquid contents of a dish or vessel, so as to cause spilling.
b. intransitive. To splash, plash, dash in small waves or ripples.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > ripple
lipper1513
crisple1604
ripple1614
flutter1638
dimple1667
wimple1720
jabble1894
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 286 The rippling tide..jabbling along the side of the boat.
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