Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds.
- intransitive verb To talk foolishly or idly; chatter.
- intransitive verb To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
- intransitive verb To utter rapidly and indistinctly.
- intransitive verb To blurt out impulsively; disclose without careful consideration.
- noun Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds.
- noun Idle or foolish talk; chatter.
- noun A continuous low, murmuring sound, as of flowing water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inarticulate speech, such as that of an infant; idle talk; senseless prattle; murmur, as of a stream.
- noun Synonyms See
prattle , n. - To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children do; prattle; jabber.
- To talk idly, irrationally, or thoughtlessly; chatter or prate heedlessly or mischievously.
- To make a continuous murmuring sound, as a stream; repeat a sound frequently and indistinctly.
- To utter incoherently or with meaningless iteration; repeat; prate.
- To utter foolishly or thoughtlessly; let out by babbling or prating: as, to
babble a plot or a secret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child
babbles . - intransitive verb To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
- intransitive verb To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
- intransitive verb To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
- transitive verb To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
- transitive verb To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
- noun Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
- noun Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Idle talk;senseless prattle ;gabble ;twaddle . - noun
Inarticulate speech ; constant or confusedmurmur . - noun A sound of or alike that which of
flowing water. - verb intransitive To
utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utterinarticulate sounds ; as, a child babbles. - verb intransitive To
talk incoherently ; to utter unmeaning words. - verb intransitive To talk much; to
chatter ; toprate . - verb intransitive To make a continuous
murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. - verb transitive To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
- verb transitive To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to talk foolishly
- verb utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
- verb divulge confidential information or secrets
- noun gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The outcome of her babble is either incoherent or a blatant lie.
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In my study of the wholly babble, I think people have it wrong. the gawd described in the babble is hateful, vindictive, and petulant.
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The babble is inane, but its heart is in the right place.
Archive 2009-06-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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The babble is inane, but its heart is in the right place.
Candy Floss on a Shitty Stick Hal Duncan 2009
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I am sick of these women and their right win babble talk.
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I'd have a tough time hearing the Billary babble from the White House.
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David Brooks proves that right-wing psycho-babble is just as insipid and banal as any other kind.
Babbling Brooks 2007
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Your psycho babble is almost pathological … maybe God in His infinite kindness and wisdom could help you with that.
Think Progress » New Bush Policy: All Gays Should Be Celibate 2006
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My dear Bondwoman, pretentious babble is becoming your trademark.
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This started with a big yawn: Bush saying 'we will not waver' in its support of Iraq's new and fragile democracy ', which is just more babble from the Prez, same crap we've heard before, and about as effective as anything else he's babbled.
Unintentional Iraq Funneez gonzo_md 2005
lea commented on the word babble
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
February 27, 2009
bilby commented on the word babble
Here April comes like a drunkard, vomiting thunder and waking the morning after with a head full of dragonflies.
February 27, 2009