Babble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Babble	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babble n gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation] v 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; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" Synonym(s): babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" Synonym(s): ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" Synonym(s): spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out Antonym(s): keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babble \Bab"ble\, v. i. 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. --Arbuthnot. 2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babble \Bab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babbled} ([?]);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. 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 he finds a friend. --Wordsworth. Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babble \Bab"ble\, n. 1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. [bd]This is mere moral babble.[b8] --Milton. 2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. --Darwin. The babble of the stream. --Tennyson.