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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds: Babies babble before they can talk.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk foolishly or idly; chatter: "In 1977 [he] was thought of as crazy because he was babbling about supply side” ( Newt Gingrich).
  • verb-intransitive. To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
  • v. To utter rapidly and indistinctly.
  • v. To blurt out impulsively; disclose without careful consideration.
  • n. Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds.
  • n. Idle or foolish talk; chatter.
  • n. A continuous low, murmuring sound, as of flowing water.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  • n. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
  • n. A sound of or alike that which of flowing water.
  • v. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles.
  • v. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  • v. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  • v. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
  • v. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
  • v. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
  • v. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
  • v. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
  • n. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  • n. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children do; prattle; jabber.
  • To talk idly, irrationally, or thoughtlessly; chatter or prate heedlessly or mischievously.
  • To make a continuous murmuring sound, as a stream; repeat a sound frequently and indistinctly.
  • To utter incoherently or with meaningless iteration; repeat; prate.
  • To utter foolishly or thoughtlessly; let out by babbling or prating: as, to babble a plot or a secret.
  • n. Inarticulate speech, such as that of an infant; idle talk; senseless prattle; murmur, as of a stream.
  • n. Synonyms See prattle, n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to talk foolishly
  • v. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
  • v. divulge confidential information or secrets
  • n. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
  • v. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
  • Verb Form
    babbled    babbles    babbling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prate    maunder    tattle    twaddle    clack    palaver    blab    chatter    blabber    gabble   
    Cross Reference
    chatter    murmur    tattle    tell   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prattle    prate    gossip    chatter    gabble    twaddle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Babel    Schnabel    Scrabble    babel    dabble    drabble    psychobabble    rabble    rabel    scrabble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chatter    prattle    clamor    gabble    murmur    hubbub    buzz    jargon    clatter    din