babble
noun
1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Similar word(s): babbling, lallation
Definition categories: communication, gibber, gibberish
verb
1. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
Definition categories: communication, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
2. to talk foolishly
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Similar word(s): blather, blether, blither, smatter
Definition categories: communication, blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, twaddle
3. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Similar word(s): bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
4. divulge confidential information or secrets
Similar word(s): blab, peach, sing, talk, tattle
Definition categories: communication, break, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Sentences with babble as a verb:
- Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.