| BABBLE | • babble v. (Intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds. • babble v. (Intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words. • babble v. (Intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle. |
| DABBLE | • dabble v. (Transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud… • dabble v. (Transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc… • dabble v. (Intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek… |
| GABBLE | • gabble v. (Transitive, intransitive) To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning. • gabble v. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity. • gabble n. Confused or unintelligible speech. |
| JABBLE | • jabble n. (Scotland) An agitation on the surface of water. • jabble v. (Scotland) To splash. • JABBLE v. (Scots) to splash, ripple. |
| RABBLE | • rabble v. (Intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense. • rabble v. (Transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out. • rabble n. (Obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words. |
| WABBLE | • wabble v. Wobble, move to and fro. • WABBLE v. to wobble. |
| BRABBLE | • brabble v. (Dated) To clamour; to contest noisily. • brabble v. To babble (of a stream or other watercourse). • brabble n. (Dated) A brawl; a noisy contest; a wrangle. |
| DRABBLE | • drabble v. (Transitive) To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud. • drabble v. (Intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod. • drabble n. A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long. |
| GRABBLE | • grabble v. (Intransitive) To search with one’s hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something. • grabble v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To search in a similar way using an implement. • grabble v. (Transitive) To touch (someone) with one’s hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way. |
| PRABBLE | • PRABBLE n. (Shakespeare) a clamorous contest, a brawl, also BRABBLE, PRIBBLE. |
| SCABBLE | • scabble v. To roughly dress stone. • SCABBLE v. to shape roughly, also SCAPPLE. |
| SHABBLE | • shabble n. (Scotland) A kind of crooked sword or hanger. • SHABBLE n. (Scots) an old rusty sword. |
| SNABBLE | • snabble v. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To plunder. • snabble v. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To kill. • snabble v. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To gobble up. |
| BEDABBLE | • bedabble v. To dabble about or all over with moisture; make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint… • BEDABBLE v. to make wet by dabbling. |
| SCRABBLE | • scrabble v. (Intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. • scrabble v. (Transitive) To gather hastily. • scrabble v. (Intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws. |
| SQUABBLE | • squabble n. A minor fight or argument. • squabble v. (Intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel. • squabble v. (Transitive, printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment. |
| HARDSCRABBLE | • hardscrabble adj. (Of land) Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive. • hardscrabble adj. (By extension) Involving hard work and struggle. • hard-scrabble adj. Alternative form of hardscrabble. |
| PSYCHOBABBLE | • psychobabble n. The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when regarded as trite or trivial. • psychobabble v. To speak this kind of jargon. • PSYCHOBABBLE v. to use language laden with jargon from psychotherapy or psychiatry used without much concern for accuracy. |
| TECHNOBABBLE | • technobabble n. Technical or scientific language used in fiction to convey a false impression of meaningful technical… • technobabble n. From the point of view of the layperson, technical and scientific literature not understood. • TECHNOBABBLE n. technical jargon. |