BABBLE

babble

Noun

  1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
    • The babble of our young children. - .
    • The babble of the stream. - .
  3. A sound of or alike that which of flowing water.

Verb

  1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles.
  2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
    • In every babbling brook he finds a friend. - .
Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
  1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
    • These words he used to babble in all companies. - .
  2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.


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