Sc. [app. onomatopæic, with freq. or dim. ending -LE; cf. dabble.]
a. trans. To shake or mix up together (quot. 1760); to shake up or agitate (a liquid), to cause to splash. b. intr. To splash, plash, dash in small waves or ripples.
1760. Washington, Writ. (1889), II. 163. All mix’d … by … jabling them well together in a Cloth.
1825–80. Jamieson, To Jabble, 1. To cause agitation of the sea, as when the wind rises. 2. To agitate the liquid contents of a dish or vessel, so as to cause spilling.
1894. Crockett, Raiders, 286. The rippling tide … jabbling along the side of the boat.
