 babbling |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] talking idly or incoherently | |
| Synonyms: | gabbling blithering jabbering blathering | |
| Examples: | "blithering (or blathering) idiot" "jabbering children" "gabbling housewives" "a babbling hospital inmate" |
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| Related terms: | voluble | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] making speech sounds | |
| Examples: | "a babbling baby" |
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| Related terms: | voluble | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water | |
| Examples: | : "a babbling brook" |
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| Related terms: | ripple | |
| 4. | [ noun ] gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | |
| Synonyms: | lallation babble | |
| Related terms: | gibberish babble babble | |
| Similar spelling: |
baffling Babylon bubbling Babylonia Babylonian |
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