Meanings
noungabbler (plural gabblers)
plural gabblers
- One who gabbles, or prates loquaciously on a trifling subject.
To Bradly, Podson was a minor pub gabbler out of a hundred such. He had boozed away an evening with Podson because he was an attendant parasite on Doctor Ramsey.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 70
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*gabbōną
- Proto-West Germanic*gabbōn
- Old Englishgabban
- Middle Englishgabben
- Englishgab
- Englishgabble
- Englishgabbler
Translations
Bulgarian бърборко
- бърборко (bărborko)one who gabbles
Polish gaduła
- gadułaone who gabbles
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
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APA
gabbler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gabbler
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“gabbler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gabbler. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gabbler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gabbler.
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