gibble-gabble

gibble-gabble
gibble-gabbler, n.
/gib"euhl gab'euhl/, n., v., gibble-gabbled, gibble-gabbling.
n.
1. senseless chatter.
v.i.
2. to engage in gibble-gabble.
[1590-1600; gradational compound from GABBLE]

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