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Babbling

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Noun

1. babble, babbling, lallation

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

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Babbling

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verb
1. 
to utter (words, sounds, etc) in an incoherent or indistinct jumble
2. (intransitive)
to talk foolishly, incessantly, or irrelevantly
3. (transitive)
to disclose (secrets, confidences, etc) carelessly or impulsively
4. (intransitive)
(of streams, birds, etc) to make a low murmuring or bubbling sound
noun
5. 
incoherent or foolish speech; chatter
6. 
a murmuring or bubbling sound

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Babbling

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈbabbled or ˈbabbling
1. 
to make incoherent sounds, as a baby does; prattle
2. 
to talk foolishly or too much; blab
3. 
to make a low, bubbling sound, as a brook does when flowing over stones
verb transitive
4. 
to say indistinctly or incoherently
5. 
to say foolishly or unadvisedly; blab
noun
6. 
confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds
7. 
foolish or meaningless talk
8. 
a low, bubbling sound

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Babbling

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v. bab·bled, bab·bling, bab·bles
v.intr.
1. To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds: Babies babble before they can talk.
2. To talk foolishly or idly; chatter: "As I babbled on ... I did not notice that my parents, in the front seat, had fallen completely silent" (Oliver Sacks).
3. To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
v.tr.
1. To utter rapidly and indistinctly: "Toward the end he babbled old stories, randomly cobbled together" (Julia Whitty).
2. To blurt out impulsively; disclose without careful consideration.
n.
1. Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds.
2. Idle or foolish talk; chatter.
3. A continuous low, murmuring sound, as of flowing water.

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