babbling

Plural: babblings

Noun

• Foolish or inconsequential talk.
• gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
• a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
• sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
• Idle senseless talk; prattle.
• A confused murmur, as of a stream.

Verb

• utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
  • "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
• to talk foolishly
• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
  • "babbling brooks"
• divulge confidential information or secrets
• present participle and gerund of babble

Adj

• That babbles.

Examples

• His babbling about his great tile rack ceased when I played a bingo.

Synonyms

babble, babble out, blab, blab out, blather, blether, blither, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, lallation, let the cat out of the bag, peach, ripple, sing, smatter, spill the beans, talk, tattle

Antonyms

keep quiet

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