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Bab"ble (băb"b'l), v. 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.
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2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
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3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
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4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
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In every babbling brook he finds a friend. Wordsworth.
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&hand_; Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
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Syn. -- To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
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Bab"ble, v. t. 1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
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These [words] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot.
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2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
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Bab"ble, n. 1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. “This is mere moral babble.” Milton.
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2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
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The babble of our young children. Darwin.
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The babble of the stream. Tennyson.
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