gabbling

English

Verb

gabbling

present participle of gabble

Noun

gabbling (plural gabblings)

Rapid, confused speech.
the gabblings of a madman
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
  […] I could hear nothing but a low gabbling; but at last the voices began to grow higher, and I could pick up a word or two […]

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