Bab"bler (?), n.

1.

An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange.

2.

A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

3. Zool.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

 

© Webster 1913.