Bab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled ();p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] [Cf.LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.]
1.
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
2.
To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
3.
To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
4.
To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
In every babbling he finds a friend.
Wordsworth.
⇒ Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Syn. -- To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
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Bab"ble, v. i.
1.
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat,as words, in a childish way without understanding.
These [words] he used to babble in all companies.
Arbuthnot.
2.
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
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Bab"ble, n.
1.
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
"This is mere moral
babble."
Milton.
2.
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
The babble of our young children.
Darwin.
The babble of the stream.
Tennyson.
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