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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of gabble" class="word__name--TTbAA">gabble<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"to talk noisily, rapidly, and incoherently," 1570s, frequentative of <a href="/word/gab#etymonline_v_1200" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gab " class="crossreference notranslate">gab</a> (v.), or else imitative. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Gabbled</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">gabbling</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1570s">1570s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_44341" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of gabble" class="word__name--TTbAA">gabble<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"senseless, loud, rapid talk; animal noise," c. 1600, from <a href="/word/gabble#etymonline_v_1202" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gabble " class="crossreference notranslate">gabble</a> (v.).</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201600">c. 1600</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to gabble">Entries linking to <i>gabble</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of gab" href="/word/gab#etymonline_v_1200">gab<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"talk much," 1786, probably via Scottish and northern England dialect from earlier sense "speak foolishly; talk indiscreetly" (late 14c.), from <span class="foreign notranslate">gabben</span> "to scoff, jeer; mock (someone), ridicule; reproach (oneself)," also "to lie to" (late 13c.), from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">gabba</span> "to mock, make fun of," and probably in part from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">gaber</span> "to mock, jest; brag, boast," which, too, is from Scandinavian. Ultimately perhaps imitative (compare <a href="/word/gabble" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gabble " class="crossreference notranslate">gabble</a>, which might have shaded the sense of this word). <span class="foreign notranslate">Gabber</span> was Middle English for "liar, deceiver; mocker." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Gabbed</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">gabbing</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of gabble">Trends of <i>gabble</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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