[
US
/ˈbæbəɫ/
]
[ UK /bˈæbəl/ ]
[ UK /bˈæbəl/ ]
VERB
-
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention -
divulge confidential information or secrets
Be careful--his secretary talks -
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babbling brooks -
to talk foolishly
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
NOUN
- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
How To Use babble In A Sentence
- From up stream came the babble of the brook like dainty laughter.
- Hi-tech babble from tech whiz-kids will not make an entrepreneur part with a single euro if the entrepreneur is not convinced of the financial return.
- Sure, Loughner babbled about favorite right-wing pet causes and hallucinated that his "enemies" were Democrats, but if his enemies hadn't been Democrats, they would have been other kids at school, or mean bosses at work, or the IRS or any of the other targets that crazy people tend to obsess about. Henry Blodget: Are Wackos With Guns Just a Fact Of Life in America?
- A woman is permitted to chat or babble, but speaking in public with authority is still the greatest transgression.
- Cheeks burning red she babbled apologies, quickly trying to clean the tunic and the table and the floor with her shirt.
- On the surface, it seems the radio babblers have been unceremoniously shushed.
- The babble is inane, but its heart is in the right place. Archive 2009-06-01
- She stopped her excited babble and grabbed my wrist, dragging me off to math class.
- The infant babbled for half an hour.
- The studio was filled with the same chattering and babble of languages that I had encountered upon my arrival. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale