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Bab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled ();p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] [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.&hand; 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.

The noun Babble has 1 senses

1. babble, babbling, lallation -- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

The verb Babble has 4 senses

1. spill_the_beans,let_the_cat_out_of_the_bag,talk,tattle,blab,peach,babble,sing,babble_out,blab_out -- divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
2. babble -- utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
3. babble,blather,smatter,blether,blither -- to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
4. ripple,babble,guggle,burble,bubble,gurgle -- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
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