Definitions of babble [ˈbæb əl]

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Definition of 'babble'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) babble
to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.

2.  babble
to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle.

3.  babble
to make a continuous murmuring sound.

4. (v.t.) babble
to utter in an incoherent or meaningless fashion.

5.  babble
to reveal foolishly or thoughtlessly:
to babble a secret.

6. (n.) babble
inarticulate or imperfect speech.

7.  babble
foolish or incoherent speech; prattle.

8.  babble
a murmuring sound or sounds.

Etymology: (1200–50; ME babelen, of expressive orig.; cf. MLG babbelen)

Definition of 'babble'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) babble, babbling, lallation
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

2. (verb) babble
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
"The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"

3. (verb) babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither
to talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"

4. (verb) ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"

5. (verb) 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"

Definition of 'babble'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) babble
idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle

2. (noun) babble
inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur

3. (verb) babble
to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles

4. (verb) babble
to talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words

5. (verb) babble
to talk much; to chatter; to prate

6. (verb) babble
to make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones

7. (verb) babble
to utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding

8. (verb) babble
to disclose by too free talk, as a secret

Translation of 'babble'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to talk indistinctly or foolishly What are you babbling about now?
Afrikaans: babbel	Arabic: يُثَرثِر، يَتَكَلَّم بِحَ	Bulgarian: бръщолевя
Brazilian: tagarelar	Czech: žvanit	German: queaseln
Danish: vrøvle; ævle; plabre; slu	Greek: μουρμουρίζω ακατάληπτα	Spanish: murmullar, murmurar, barb
Estonian: lalisema	Farsi: ور زدن	Finnish: lörpötellä
French: bafouiller, bavarder	Hebrew: לְפַטפֵּט, לְבַרְבֵּר	Hindi: बड़बड़ाना
Croatian: brbljati, blebetati	Hungarian: gügyög	Indonesian: mengoceh, mengobrol
Icelandic: masa,þvæla	Italian: balbettare, barbugliare	Japanese: ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる
Korean: 서투른 말로 지껄이다	Lithuanian: plepėti, taukšti	Latvian: pļāpāt; vāvuļot
Malay: merapu	Dutch: kletsen	Norwegian: bable, sludre, skravle
Polish: paplać	Persian: سخن نامفهوم گفتن، فاش کرد	Pashto: د ماشومانو په شان خبرې كو
Portuguese: palrar	Romanian: a bolborosi; a trăncăni	Russian: бормотать, болтать
Slovak: tárať	Slovenian: brbljati	Serbian: brbljati
Swedish: babbla	Thai: พูดเพ้อเจ้อ	Turkish: saçma sapan konuşmak, ağz
Taiwanese: 胡言亂語，喃喃自語	Ukrainian: бурмотіти; базікати	Urdu: بک بک کرنا
Vietnamese: nói lảm nhảm	Chinese: 唠叨，喋喋不休，胡言乱语
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