Babble

Definition of Babble

Bab´ble Pronunciation: băb´b'l

v. i.	1.	To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (băb"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.]
	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. - Wordsworth.
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. - Arbuthnot.
	2.	To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
n.	1.	Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
	2.	Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. - Darwin. The babble of the stream. - Tennyson.

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