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babble
[ bab-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
babbled, babbling.
- to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.
- to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle.
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- to make a continuous, murmuring sound.
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verb (used with object)
babbled, babbling.
- to utter in an incoherent, foolish, or meaningless fashion.
- to reveal foolishly or thoughtlessly:
to babble a secret.
noun
- inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- foolish, meaningless, or incoherent speech; prattle.
- a murmuring sound or a confusion of sounds.
- Telecommunications. a confused mixture of extraneous sounds in a circuit, resulting from cross talk from other channels. Compare cross talk ( def 1 ).
babble
/ ˈæə /
verb
- to utter (words, sounds, etc) in an incoherent or indistinct jumble
- intr to talk foolishly, incessantly, or irrelevantly
- tr to disclose (secrets, confidences, etc) carelessly or impulsively
- intr (of streams, birds, etc) to make a low murmuring or bubbling sound
noun
- incoherent or foolish speech; chatter
- a murmuring or bubbling sound
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Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, noun
- ˈԲ, nounadjective
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Other 51Թs From
- dzܳbb verb (used with object) outbabbled outbabbling
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of babble1
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English babelen; cognate with Old Norse babbla, Dutch babbelen, German pappelen
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of babble1
C13: compare Dutch babbelen , Swedish babbla , French babiller to prattle, Latin babulus fool; probably all of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
He babbled on for quite a while on the subject of his "unfair" court cases and then said that the Supreme Court is also being intimidated:
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Trump’s babble about water is so erroneous it often doesn’t make sense.
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Never mind that he constantly babbles, wouldn’t sit down for the interview with “60 Minutes” and lies constantly.
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"Have you got Tourette's or something? You know, you just sit there, babble, babble, babble," he said, responding to the interruptions.
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He has the whole press corps acting as his ghostwriter, sanitizing his babble for the public.
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