1. (v. i.) To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

2. (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls.

3. (n.) Loud or rapid talk without meaning.

4. (n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.

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