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Babble   /bˈæbəl/   Listen
noun
Babble  n.  
1.
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is mere moral babble."
2.
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. "The babble of our young children." "The babble of the stream."



verb
Babble  v. t.  
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."
2.
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.



Babble  v. i.  (past & past part. babbled; pres. part. babbling)  
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 brook he finds a friend." Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Synonyms: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.






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"Babble" Quotes from Famous Books



... answered sadly. "A great deal of trouble just for a little empty babble. Often not one word worth remembering, and a general sense of having been full ...
— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge

... distaste, wherewith is no justice, but from covetous men it cometh, and is fain to babble against and darken ...
— The Extant Odes of Pindar • Pindar

... O land, if a marvel it seemeth that men ever sought Thy wastes for a field and a garden fulfilled of all wonder and doubt, And feasted amidst of the winter when the fight of the year had been fought, Whose plunder all gathered together was little to babble about; Cry aloud from thy wastes, O thou land, "Not for this nor for that was I wrought Amid waning of realms and of riches and death of things worshipped and sure, I abide here the spouse of a God, and I made and I ...
— Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough • William Morris

... and harsh as those of decrepit age, though, unfortunately, without its weakness. The whole pandemonium of fairy devils, of all varieties of fantastic ugliness, both in form and feature, and of all sizes from one to four feet, seemed to have suddenly assembled about me. At length, after a great babble of talk among themselves, in a language unknown to me, and after seemingly endless gesticulation, consultation, elbow-nudging, and unmitigated peals of laughter, they formed into a circle about one of their number, who scrambled upon a stone, and, much to my surprise, and somewhat ...
— Phantastes - A Faerie Romance for Men and Women • George MacDonald

... a bright letter of New York gossip published in the New York Star, called "Bab's Babble." Edward had read it, and saw the possibility of syndicating this item as a woman's letter from New York. He instinctively realized that women all over the country would read it. He sought out the author, made arrangements with her and with former ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok


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