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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch gabbelen

gabble

1 verb
     
gab‧ble1 past tense and past participle gabbled, present participle gabbling [intransitive and transitive]
to say something so quickly that people cannot hear you clearly or understand you properly:
Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened.
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