Babble /(băb"b'l)/

Bab·ble

Babble

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Babbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling

  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 brook he finds a friend.

Babble

v. t.
  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.
  2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

Babble

n.
  1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
    The babble of our young children.
    The babble of the stream.