gabble 1 of 2

noun

Definition of gabblenext
as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk their discussion about the complexities of international trade was gabble to those of us who didn't study that subject

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verb

ˈga-bəl How to pronounce gabble (audio)
1
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night

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2
as in to chatter
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

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Recent Examples of gabble
Verb
Perennially delighted and deeply uncool, Tascioni gabbles about the wonders of the city while her interlocutors roll their eyes at her lack of sophistication and taste. — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabble
  1. chat
  2. chatter
  3. prattle
  4. talk
  5. babble
  6. nonsense
  7. converse
  8. gibber
Verb
  • In addition to being ruled by the messenger planet, Mercury retrograde in your 11th house of associations, networks and community affairs could make the group chat a tad bit chaotic.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • For people who are just reading or doodling or watching TV, or for a kid who needs something basic but reliable for games and school and chatting?
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of chat
Verb
  • Louis Vuitton has launched the LV Biker MM, a new signature bag masterminded by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, and the chattering fashion classes are already angling to invest.
    — airmail.news, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The best soccer player in the world stood near midfield on a pitch in Kansas City, occupying a stadium that didn’t yet exist by the time many felt comfortable calling him the best player in the world, and his teeth were literally chattering in the cold.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    — Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • Not one person talked to me about it—not Vince, not Hunter, no one from the office.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • She's laid off most of her staff and is talking with a realtor about selling the organization's office building.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of talk
Verb
  • Hall of Mosses Trail What to Listen For: The babbling Hoh River will, unsurprisingly, accompany you on the Hoh River Trail.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Agent Collins is worried (side note: AS HE SHOULD BE) and babbles a little about how Teri is stuck in Atlanta.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of babble
Noun
  • Describing the plot as utter nonsense would both be 100 percent correct and likely taken as a massive compliment for all involved.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Putin has repeatedly dismissed as nonsense Western claims that Russia could one day attack a NATO member.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • Inspired by Ray Kurtzweil’s book, How to Create a Mind, Dara worked on capturing his grandfather’s wisdom in code, enabling him to converse with and immortalize him through a digital twin.
    — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Both features are part of Project Astra, Google’s multimodal AI assistant that can detect what’s around it and converse with users.
    — Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of converse
Verb
  • But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
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“Gabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gabble. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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