BABBLE

babble, babbling, lallation

(noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither

(verb) to talk foolishly; “The two women babbled and crooned at the baby”

babble

(verb) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; “The old man is only babbling--don’t pay attention”

ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle

(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; “babbling brooks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

babble (third-person singular simple present babbles, present participle babbling, simple past and past participle babbled)

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

(intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

(intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.

(transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.

(transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).

Noun

babble (uncountable)

Idle talk; senseless prattle

Synonyms: gabble, twaddle

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.

Synonyms

• See also chatter

Hyponyms

• astrobabble

• bizbabble

• econobabble

• edu-babble

• neurobabble

• psychobabble

• sociobabble

• technobabble

Source: Wiktionary

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Bab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] Etym: [Cf.LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.]

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 he finds a friend. Wordsworth.

Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.

Syn.

– To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.

Bab"ble, v. i.

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. Arbuthnot.

2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

Bab"ble, n.

1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is mere moral babble." Milton.

2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. Darwin. The babble of the stream. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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