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 Definitions of baby talk  [ˌbæb əˈloʊ ni ən, -ˈloʊn yən]  

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Definition of 'baby talk' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) baby talk
the speech of children learning to talk, marked esp. by syntactic simplification and phonetic modifications like omission and substitution of sounds.

2.  baby talk
a style of speech used by adults in imitation of this, esp. in addressing young children.

Etymology:  (1830–40)

Definition of 'baby talk' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) baby talk, babytalk, motherese
an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child

2. (noun) baby talk, babytalk
the developing speech of a young child

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