babble
babble
bab·ble
I
/ˈbæbəl/ verb , bab·bles, bab·bled, bab·bling [ no obj ]
1 a : to talk foolishly or too much
Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling.
He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.
a babbling idiot
1 b : to make speech sounds that do not make sense to the hearer
Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.
The baby babbled happily.
2 : to make the quiet sound of water flowing over rocks
a babbling brook
bab·bler /ˈbæbəɬɚ/ noun , pl bab·blers [ count ]
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II
noun [ noncount ]
1 a : the confusing sound of many people speaking at the same time
a babble of voices
1 b : talk that is silly or pointless
listening to their constant babble
2 : a quiet sound made by flowing water
the babble of a brook
