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babble

 
Noun babble has 1 sense
  1. babble, babbling, lallation - gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
    --1 is a kind of gibberish, gibber
    Derived forms: verb babble1, verb babble2
Verb babble has 4 senses
  1. babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
    --1 is one way to
    talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
    Derived forms: noun babbler1, noun babble1, noun babbling1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue babble
  2. babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
    --2 is one way to chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
    Derived forms: noun babbler1, noun babble1, noun babbling1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue babble
  3. ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
    --3 is one way to sound, go
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
    --4 is one way to disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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