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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Babble \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. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: babbling adj 1: talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate" [syn: {blathering}, {blithering}, {jabbering}, {gabbling}] 2: continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water: "a babbling brook" 3: making speech sounds; "a babbling baby" n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: {babble}]
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