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Webster 1913 Edition
Babble
Bab′ble
(băb′b’l)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Babbled
(băb′b’ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Babbling
.] [Cf. LG.
babbeln
, D. babbelen
, G. bappeln
, bappern
, F. babiller
, It. babbolare
; prob. orig., to keep saying ba
, imitative of a child learning to talk.] 1.
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
2.
To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
3.
To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
4.
To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
In every
babbling
brook he finds a friend. Wordsworth.
☞ Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Syn. – To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
Bab′ble
,Verb.
T.
1.
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
These [words] he used to
babble
in all companies. Arbuthnot.
2.
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Bab′ble
,Noun.
1.
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
“This is mere moral babble.” Milton.
2.
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
The
babble
of our young children. Darwin.
The
babble
of the stream. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Babble
BAB'BLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children.2.
To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly.3.
To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets.4.
To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as a babbling echo; a babbling stream.BAB'BLE
,Verb.
T.
BAB'BLE
,Noun.
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