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babble

/ babble /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Type of:
gibberish gibber
Derived:
blather smatter blether blither
verb Sense 2
to talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
Type of:
chatter piffle palaver
Derived:
prate prattle idle talk blether chin music
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
"The old man is only babbling--don''t pay attention"
Type of:
talk speak utter
Derived:
chatterer babbler prater chatterbox magpie
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
gurgle bubble drinking fountain water fountain bubbler
Verb group:
gurgle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful--his secretary talks"
Opposites:
keep quiet shut one's mouth keep one's mouth shut
Type of:
disclose let on bring out
Derived:
tattle singing telling informer betrayer
Verb group:
spill talk
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
59%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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gibberish gibber chatter piffle palaver talk speak utter sound go disclose let on