Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - gabble
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Gabble
gabble
~1 v gabbled, gabbling to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you or understand you properly (Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened. | gabble away/on) (Gina tends to gabble away when she's excited.) ~2 n a lot of talking that is difficult to understand, when several people are talking at the same time (A gabble of voices came from the next room.)
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1.
(gabbles, gabbling, gabbled) If you gabble, you say things so quickly that it is difficult for people to understand you. (INFORMAL) Marcello sat on his knee and gabbled excitedly... She gabbles on about drug dealers and journalists... One of the soldiers gabbled something and pointed at the front door. = babble VERB: V, V adv, V n, also V with quote ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (~d; gabbling) Etymology: probably of imitative origin Date: 1577 intransitive verb 1. to talk fast or foolishly ; jabber 2. to utter inarticulate or animal sounds transitive verb to say with incoherent rapidity ; babble • ~ noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a talk volubly or inarticulately. b read aloud too fast. 2 tr. utter too fast, esp. in reading aloud. --n. fast unintelligible talk. Derivatives gabbler n. Etymology: MDu. gabbelen (imit.) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. бормотание, бессвязная, бессмысленная речь 2. сл. треп, трепотня 3. гоготанье (гусей); кудахтанье (кур) 4. разг. говорить быстро и бестолково; тараторить, трещать (также gabble off) to gabble (off) a speech —- отбарабанить речь don't gabble - speak more slowly —- не трещи - говори медленнее 5. говорить нечленораздельно; произносить нечетко; бормотать (также gabble out) to gabble (out) one's answer —- пробормотать (пролепетать) ответ 6. сл. трепаться to gabble with smb. —- потрепаться с кем-л. 7. гоготать (о гусях); кудахтать (о курах) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun бормотание, бессвязная речь 2. v. 1) говорить неясно и быстро, бормотать (тж. gabble away/on/off/out); I expect you spent half the day gabbling away with your neighbours Dont gabble out your story, man, tell it calmly and clearly. 2) гоготать (о гусях) ...Англо-русский словарь
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