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Definitions for Babbling

[1] foolish or meaningless chatter; prattle: the constant babbling of idle gossips.
[2] the random production of meaningless vocal sounds characteristic of infants after about the sixth week.
[3] chattering or prattling aimlessly.
[4] to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.
[5] to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle.
[6] to make a continuous, murmuring sound.
[7] to utter in an incoherent, foolish, or meaningless fashion.
[8] to reveal foolishly or thoughtlessly: to babble a secret.
[9] inarticulate or imperfect speech.
[10] foolish, meaningless, or incoherent speech; prattle.
[11] a murmuring sound or a confusion of sounds.
[12] babbling(def 2) .
[13] Telecommunications . a confused mixture of extraneous sounds in a circuit, resulting from cross talk from other channels. Compare cross talk(def 1) .
[14] to utter (words, sounds, etc) in an incoherent or indistinct jumble
[15] (intr) to talk foolishly, incessantly, or irrelevantly
[16] (tr) to disclose (secrets, confidences, etc) carelessly or impulsively
[17] (intr) (of streams, birds, etc) to make a low murmuring or bubbling sound
[18] incoherent or foolish speech; chatter
[19] a murmuring or bubbling sound

Words related to Babbling

blathering, chitchatting, gibbering, blithering, blabbering, jabbering, gurgling, bubbling

Words nearby Babbling

babbitt, babbitt metal, babbittry, babble, babbler, babbling, babbling brook, babcock test, babe, babe in arms, babe in the woods

Origin of Babbling

eFirst recorded in 1200–50; Middle English babelen; cognate with Old Norse babbla, Dutch babbelen, German pappelen

Words that may be confused with Babbling

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, babblebabble, bauble, bubble

Other words from Babbling

bab·bling·ly , adverb
out·bab·ble , verb (used with object), out·bab·bled, out·bab·bling.

Word origin for Babbling

eC13: compare Dutch babbelen , Swedish babbla , French babiller to prattle, Latin babulus fool; probably all of imitative origin

Synonyms for Babbling

blabbering, blathering, blithering, chitchatting, driveling, gabbling, gibbering, jabbering, prattling