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gabbled

gabbled is the simple past and past participle of gabble.

Meaning of gabble

Verb

gabble (third-person singular simple present gabbles, present participle gabbling, simple past and past participle gabbled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
    • I pitied thee, took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour one thing or other; when thou didst not, savage, know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like a thing most brutish1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.
    • gabbling fowls

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Questions about gabbled

What is gabbled the simple past and past participle of?
Gabbled is the simple past and past participle of gabble.

Words near gabbled in the dictionary

  1. gabbiest
  2. gabbiness
  3. gabbing
  4. Gabbitas
  5. gabble
  6. gabbled
  7. gabblement
  8. gabblements
  9. gabbler
  10. gabbleratchet
  11. gabbleratchets

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