As a noun it now means a murmuring noise; a rambling speech.

But then I guess Hitler gave long, rambling speeches after dinner, too.

I think we can expect a depressing, rambling speech.

But after only a little more, a rambling speech about the metaphysics of machinery, Gregor could not keep silent.

He also delivered a rambling speech in which he said that the police were after him.

He then grabbed the driver's microphone and began a rambling speech to the 22 other passengers over the bus's public address system.

This afternoon, he gave a long, rambling speech to an empty Senate chamber as if he had been doing it all his life.

You may remember that at the last hearing lawyers took turns in grabbing the microphone to make rambling speeches.

It was a rambling speech to a sympathetic audience.

He can't understand a word his director is saying, and the interpreter tends to translate long, rambling speeches into one sentence.