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单词 gabbled
释义

gabble

verb

gab·​ble ˈga-bəl How to pronounce gabble (audio)
gabbled; gabbling ˈga-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce gabble (audio)

intransitive verb

1
: to talk fast or foolishly : jabber
2
: to utter inarticulate or animal sounds

transitive verb

: to say with incoherent rapidity : babble
gabble noun
gabbler
ˈga-b(ə-)lər How to pronounce gabble (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • babble
  • blab
  • cackle
  • chaffer [British]
  • chat
  • chatter
  • chin [slang]
  • converse
  • gab
  • gas
  • jabber
  • jaw
  • kibitz
  • kibbitz
  • natter
  • palaver
  • patter
  • prate
  • prattle
  • rap
  • rattle
  • run on
  • schmooze
  • shmooze
  • talk
  • twitter
  • visit
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Example Sentences

heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night during the filming of the party scene the extras were told to just gabble and act like they were having a great time

Word History

Etymology

probably of imitative origin

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

gabble 1 of 2

verb

gab·​ble ˈga-bəl How to pronounce gabble (audio)
gabbled; gabbling
: to talk in a fast or foolish way or in a way that is hard to understand

gabble

2 of 2

noun

: talk that is fast or foolish or hard to understand

gabbled

verb

past tense of gabble
1
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • chatted
  • talked
  • conversed
  • chattered
  • babbled
  • jabbered
  • prattled
  • prated
  • rattled
  • nattered
  • cackled
  • gabbed
  • pattered
  • blabbed
  • schmoozed
  • discussed
  • kibitzed
  • twittered
  • rapped
  • chinned
  • jawed
  • shmoozed
  • gossiped
  • chaffered
  • palavered
  • gassed
  • chewed the rag
  • ran on
  • visited
  • blew smoke
  • yammered
  • kibbitzed
  • shot the breeze
  • yapped
  • chewed the fat
  • tattled
  • talked a blue streak
  • descanted
  • yakked
  • expatiated
  • yacked
2
as in chattered
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly during the filming of the party scene the extras were told to just gabble and act like they were having a great time

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • chatted
  • chattered
  • drooled
  • shouted
  • gibbered
  • babbled
  • muttered
  • jabbered
  • prattled
  • stuttered
  • shrieked
  • mumbled
  • sputtered
  • screeched
  • bumbled
  • prated
  • blabbered
  • blathered
  • murmured
  • rattled
  • stammered
  • yakked
  • mouthed
  • gabbed
  • pattered
  • blithered
  • drivelled
  • bleated
  • chuntered
  • smattered
  • jangled
  • trolled
  • yacked
  • driveled
  • jawed
  • tittle-tattled
  • ran on
  • maundered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pronounced
  • enunciated
  • articulated
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