Gabbiest - English meaning

noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The constant babbling of the kids

adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The noise of babbling tourists

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

The action of talking long-windedly without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

Now stop your blathering and get back to work

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

verb

Present participle of blather

Usage examples:

What on earth are you blathering on about?, stop blathering, woman!

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

noun

A series of short, quick high-pitched sounds.

Usage examples:

The starlings' constant chatter

adjective

Readily engaging in informal talk.

Usage examples:

The driver was very chatty

adjective

Liking to talk a lot in a friendly, informal way

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A chatty letter/style

adjective

Willing, eager, or able to talk or impart information.

Usage examples:

Lew was a very communicative chap

adjective

As used in conversation; not formal.

Usage examples:

She spoke fluent, conversational english

adjective

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Usage examples:

A garrulous cab driver

adjective

Having the habit of talking a lot, esp. about unimportant things

Usage examples:

I had talked too much about myself and felt like a garrulous old fool.

adjective

Speaking rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.

Usage examples:

A gibbering idiot

verb

Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.

Usage examples:

They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them

adjective

Speaking quickly in a way that cannot be understood, usually when you are very frightened or confused

Usage examples:

Gibbering idiot i stood there like a gibbering idiot., he threw himself in a gibbering heap upon th…

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Present participle of gossip

Usage examples:

Stop gossiping and do your work., people have started to gossip about us.

adjective

Characterized by casual conversation or reports about other people.

Usage examples:

His latest book is a gossipy memoir

adjective

Full of gossip (= conversation or reports about other people's private lives that might be unkind or not true)

Usage examples:

A gossipy letter, he told me a gossipy anecdote about the late princess., gossipy people, he dismis…

idiom

Using or containing too many words

adjective

(of speech or writing) continuing at tedious length.

Usage examples:

A long-winded question

adjective

Capable of doing something for a long time without becoming breathless.

adjective

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Usage examples:

Never loquacious, sarah was now totally lost for words

adjective

Having the habit of talking a lot

adjective

(especially of something offered or discharged) very plentiful; abundant.

Usage examples:

I offered my profuse apologies

adjective

Large in amount

Usage examples:

A profusion of beautiful flowers

adjective

(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

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He found the narrative too prolix and discursive

adjective

Using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to

Usage examples:

The author's prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.

adjective

Fond of or given to talking.

Usage examples:

The talkative driver hadn't stopped chatting

adjective

Using or expressed in more words than are needed.

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Much academic language is obscure and verbose

adjective

Using or containing more words than are necessary

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A verbose explanation/report/speech/style, he was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker.

adjective

(of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly.

Usage examples:

A voluble game-show host

adjective

Speaking a lot, with confidence and enthusiasm

Usage examples:

She was a voluble, smart, funny interviewee., two people walked by having a voluble argument.

adjective

Using or expressed in rather too many words.

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A wordy and repetitive account

adjective

Containing too many words

Usage examples:

Your memo is too wordy – make it short and to the point.