See Also: babble(medicine)
babble(1)(dictionary)
babble(2)(dictionary)
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babble 1, verb(dictionary)
babble 2, noun(dictionary)

babble(2) (iou)



babble verb. Also bable. ME.
[Prob. from Middle Low German (Dutch) babbelen, or a parallel native imit. formation; cf. French babiller prattle, from onomatopoeic base bab-.]
verb intrans. Talk childishly, prattle; talk incoherently or foolishly; utter meaningless words. ME.
R. B. Sheridan They only babble who practise not reflection.
verb intrans. Utter inarticulate or indistinct sounds, like a child; (of a stream, bird, etc.) produce a more or less continuous succession of indistinct sounds. LME.
babbling brook Austral. & NZ rhyming slang a cook, esp. for a camp or for an isolated group of shepherds, musterers, etc.
W. Jones Echo babling by the mountain's side.
verb intrans. Talk excessively or inopportunely; prate. LME.
E. F. Benson Maud sat quite silent, while Lucia babbled on. J. Thurber An eccentric elderly woman who babbled of her recently inherited fortune.
verb trans. Repeat or utter with meaningless iteration; utter incoherently or foolishly. L15.
Quiller-Couch His lips happily babbling the curses that the ships' captains had taught him. R. Kipling He babbled tales of oppression and wrong till the tears ran down his cheeks.
verb trans. Reveal (a secret etc.) by talking. M16.
I. D'Israeli The queen..impatiently babbled the plot. R. Davies Didn't you yourself babble out all the secrets of your life to me?
babblement noun babble; idle chatter, incoherent or meaningless talk: M17.
babblingly adverb in a babbling manner, with babbling E17.