2. One addicted to idle talk.

Gab"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gabbling

(?).] [Freq. of gab. See Gab, v. i.] 1. To talk fast, or to talk

without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak.

2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls.

Dryden.

Gab"ble, n. 1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning.

Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the builders.

Milton.

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