Sekirov Dictionary

yabble

noun 3
adjective 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun3

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Meaningless vocalizations or garbled speech.
- The beasts wi' joy ran headlang helter-skelter : Or hoo the folk wha built the Tower o' Babel Misun'erstood ilk ane the ither's yabble — 1861
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Babbling; nonsensical talk.
- Whist, billies ; cease your angry yabble, And doucely lean you o'er the table. — 1883
•
Chaotic confusion.
- Another time, Tony Hooper and I crossed from Hobson's Wharf to Northcote in a fibre-glass dinghy. We met a real yabble of a sea, with waves meeting at right angles. — 1985

adjective2

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(dialect) Able; capable.
- It made a man's heart sore to see bairns wantin' schoolin' and no yabble to get it. — 1858
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(dialect) well-to-do.
- . We still hear of persons described as " Yabble bodies," meaning that they are well-to-do. — 1884

verb2

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To vocalize in a meaningless or incomprehensible manner.
- It's got everything : sandy beaches, where the seals bob up and yabble to you; cliffs with guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins; dozens of caves; hilltops with eagles; trees; skylarks. — 1963
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To talk excessively; to babble.
- Let them yabble at me, if it gives them pleasure. — 2008

forms

yabbled · yabbling · yabbles · more yabble · most yabble

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