Babble
Babble (bab"b'l) , intransitive verb
[Compare LG. babbeln, Dutch babbelen, German bappeln, bappern, French babiller, Italian 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.
Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Babble , transitive verb
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.
2.
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Babble , noun
1.
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
This is mere moral babble.
2.
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
The babble of our young children.
The babble of the stream.