Babble - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbæbl|  American pronunciation of the word babble
Brit.  |ˈbæb(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word babble

noun

- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

verb

- utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
- to talk foolishly (syn: blather, blether, blither, smatter)
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise (syn: bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple)
- divulge confidential information or secrets (syn: blab, peach, sing, talk, tattle)

Extra examples

Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling.

He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.

Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.

They began to curse and shout in a babble of language.

He babbled on and on about how he was ruining me.

Kids babbled without stopping.

In his fear of the police, the prisoner babbled out his guilt.

He babbled the secret out to his friends.

I have no idea what he was babbling on about.

He babbled a few words to her.

The two women babbled and crooned at the baby

...with the babble of the brook as an obbligato, we enjoyed our picnic...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: babble
he/she/it: babbles
present participle: babbling
past tense: babbled
past participle: babbled
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