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Word: babble (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A sound of or alike that which of flowing water.
  • Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  • Inarticulate speech, such as was used at the building the tower of Babel; constant or confused murmur.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
  • intransitive To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  • intransitive To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  • intransitive To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child ''babbles''.
  • transitive To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
  • transitive To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.

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