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GAB'BLE, v.i. [Eng. to gibe.] 1. To prate; to talk fast, or to talk without meaning. Such a rout, and such a rabble, Run to hear Jack Pudding gabble. 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as gabbling fowls. GAB'BLE, n. Loud or rapid talk with meaning. 1. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered, as of fowls.