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
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).
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.
• See also chatter
• astrobabble
• bizbabble
• econobabble
• edu-babble
• neurobabble
• psychobabble
• sociobabble
• technobabble
Source: Wiktionary
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
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
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