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babble

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1. babble - Noun

2. babble - Verb

Meaning

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.

To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.

To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Be careful--his secretary talks Source: Internet

The two women babbled and crooned at the baby Source: Internet

The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention Source: Internet

babbling brooks Source: Internet

A former collaborator of Movie Babble, a comic, film pundit that runs his two blogs, Comic Booger and Cine Booger. Source: Internet

Deaf babies babble in the same order when hearing sounds as non-deaf babies do, thus showing that babbling is not caused by babies simply imitating certain sounds, but is actually a natural part of the process of language development. Source: Internet

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