jabble
A Scottish dialect word meaning to splash or agitate water, and also used as a noun for a choppy, agitated surface of water — the kind of rough, unsettled chop seen on a lake or coastal inlet.
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A Scottish dialect word meaning to splash or agitate water, and also used as a noun for a choppy, agitated surface of water — the kind of rough, unsettled chop seen on a lake or coastal inlet. Still in use in Scottish English in appropriate contexts.
The jabble on the loch made landing the small boat trickier than expected.
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(Scotland) An agitation on the surface of water.
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(Scotland) To splash.
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