Gabble - English meaning

verb

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

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble

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

verb

Reveal secrets by indiscreet talk.

Usage examples:

She blabbed to the press

noun

A person who blabs.

Usage examples:

Sam should not have gone soft on a blab who squealed

verb

To talk too much or speak without thinking

Usage examples:

[ t ] she just blabs to anyone who will listen.

verb

Talk foolishly, indiscreetly, or excessively.

Usage examples:

She blabbered on and on

noun

A person who talks foolishly or excessively.

Usage examples:

The blabber wastes his own time, and the listener's time

verb

To talk a lot, especially in a way people find annoying or embarrassing

Usage examples:

He's always blabbering on about computers.

noun

Used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content.

Usage examples:

The first 20 pages are a lot of blah about budgets and stuff like that

adjective

Dull or unexciting.

Usage examples:

The game has been very blah

exclamation

Used to substitute for actual words in contexts where they are felt to be too tedious or lengthy to give in full.

Usage examples:

He said nations great and small could come together to blah blah blah

verb

Laugh in a loud, harsh way.

Usage examples:

She cackled with laughter

noun

A loud, harsh laugh.

Usage examples:

Her delighted cackle

verb

To make the loud sound of a chicken, or (of a person) to laugh or talk in a loud, high voice

Usage examples:

The hens cackled in alarm., he burst into cackles of laughter.

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

verb

To talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose

Usage examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie., birds chattered in the trees., the printer wa…

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

verb

Talk or grumble monotonously.

Usage examples:

She chuntered on about her problems

verb

To complain, especially in a low voice

Usage examples:

Al was chuntering (on) about being the last to know what was happening.

verb

Talk or grumble monotonously.

Usage examples:

She chuntered on about her problems

verb

Present participle of chunter

Usage examples:

Al was chuntering (on) about being the last to know what was happening.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Don't talk such drivel!

verb

Talk nonsense.

Usage examples:

He was drivelling on about the glory days

noun

Something written or said that is completely worthless; nonsense

Usage examples:

The papers are filled with drivel about movie stars.

noun

A kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised.

Usage examples:

A check flannel shirt

verb

Use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.

Usage examples:

He apologised for the situation and then flannelled on about ramping up production

noun

A soft cloth usually made from cotton or wool

Usage examples:

Flannel pajamas, a flannel shirt

verb

Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.

Usage examples:

They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them

noun

A stone or boulder forming part of a boulder plain.

Usage examples:

We're standing on a desert rise six kilometres north of town overlooking a sea of shining gibbers.

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…

noun

Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

He talks gibberish

noun

Confused or meaningless speech or writing

Usage examples:

See if you can make out what he’s saying – it sounds like gibberish to me.

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

verb

To speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Jay was jabbering on about this and that.

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

noun

Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.

Usage examples:

He was talking absolute nonsense

noun

Foolish words or actions

Usage examples:

Those accusations are pure/sheer nonsense., what’s all this nonsense about quitting school?

verb

Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Usage examples:

She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

noun

Foolish or inconsequential talk.

Usage examples:

Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?

verb

To talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important

Usage examples:

She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if i'd let her., stop your prattli…

adjective

(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

Usage examples:

A rambling six-hour speech

noun

The activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

Usage examples:

A rambling club

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

verb

Make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds.

Usage examples:

The roof rattled with little gusts of wind

noun

A rapid succession of short, sharp, sounds.

Usage examples:

The rattle of teacups on the tray

verb

Make a series of short, loud sounds

verb

Make a series of short explosive spitting or choking sounds.

Usage examples:

She coughed and spluttered, tears coursing down her face

noun

A short explosive spitting or choking noise.

Usage examples:

The engine gave one final splutter and died

verb

To speak in a quick and confused way, producing short, unclear noises because of surprise, anger, etc.

Usage examples:

[ + speech ] "but, er ... when, um, ... how?" he spluttered., the old gentleman was spluttering wit…

noun

Trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

He dismissed the novel as self-indulgent twaddle

verb

Talk or write in a trivial or foolish way.

Usage examples:

What is that old fellow twaddling about?

noun

Speech or writing that is silly or not true

Usage examples:

She dismissed the findings as utter twaddle/a load of old twaddle.

verb

(of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds.

Usage examples:

Sparrows twittered under the eaves

noun

A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds.

Usage examples:

His words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter

noun

The name of a social networking site on the internet for communicating with people quickly

verb

Speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner.

Usage examples:

He waffled on about his problems

noun

Lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing.

Usage examples:

We've edited out some of the waffle

adjective

Denoting a style of fine honeycomb weaving or a fabric woven to give a honeycomb effect.

Usage examples:

The waffle material is really lightweight, but does an excellent job of keeping you warm!

verb

Speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner.

Usage examples:

He waffled on about his problems

noun

Lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing.

Usage examples:

We've edited out some of the waffle

noun

A failure to make up one's mind.

Usage examples:

Saying 'maybe' leaves us squandering our lives in indecisive waffle

verb

Speak at length about trivial matters.

Usage examples:

She'd been wittering on about jennifer and her illness

verb

To talk for a long time about things that are not important

Usage examples:

He'd been wittering on about his neighbours for half the morning.