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What (who) is Babble - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Babble (disambiguation); Babble (album)
babble
(babbles, babbling, babbled)
1.
If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
Momma babbled on and on about how he was ruining me...
They all babbled simultaneously...
'Er, hello, viewers,' he babbled.
VERB: V on/away, V, V with quote
2.
You can refer to people's voices as a babble of sound when they are excited and confused, preventing you from understanding what they are saying.
Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high babble of voices...
N-SING: usu N of n
Babble
·vi To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
II. Babble ·noun Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
III. Babble ·noun Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
IV. Babble ·vi To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
V. Babble ·vi To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
VII. Babble ·vi To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
VIII. Babble ·vi To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
babble
¦ verb
1. talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
reveal something secret.
2. [usu. as adjective babbling] (of a stream) make a continuous murmur as the water flows over stones.
¦ noun the sound of babbling.
?foolish, excited, or confused talk.
Derivatives
babblement noun
Origin
ME: from Mid. Low Ger. babbelen, or an independent Engl. formation, based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.
Wikipedia
Babble
Babble may refer to:
- Babble (That Petrol Emotion album), 1987 album by That Petrol Emotion
- Babble (Coyne & Krause album), 1979 album by Kevin Coyne And Dagmar Krause
- Babble (band), a later incarnation of the Thompson Twins
- Babble (company), a British internet technology company
- Babble.net, a former British internet telephony service
- Babbling, a stage in child language acquisition
- Babble.com, online magazine
Examples of use of Babble
1. This was followed by an awkward pause and then Anyway ... so there is a party tomorrow that you might like to come to and then a gallery opening on Thursday Babble babble and more babble.
2. No pschyo babble and social worker claptrap here then.
3. "Everything said against me is babble and never happened.
4. Article continues Much of this is New Labour babble.
5. Other consumers of news, overloaded with media babble, have found frequent "media fasts" crucial to their mental health.