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verb | noun babblebabble1 /ˈbæbəl/ verb ETYMOLOGYbabble1Origin: 1200-1300 Probably from the sound VERB TABLEbabble |
| Present | I, you, we, they | babble | | he, she, it | babbles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | babbled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have babbled | | he, she, it | has babbled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had babbled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will babble | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have babbled |
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| Present | I | am babbling | | he, she, it | is babbling | | you, we, they | are babbling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was babbling | | you, we, they | were babbling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been babbling | | he, she, it | has been babbling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been babbling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be babbling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been babbling |
► babbled on about She babbled on about her children. 1[intransitive, transitive] to speak quickly in a way that is difficult to understand or sounds silly or has little meaning: She babbled on about her children.2[intransitive] to make a sound like water moving over stones: a babbling brook—babbler noun [countable] verb | noun babblebabble2 noun [singular, uncountable] 1the confused sound of many people talking at the same time: the babble of a crowded party2things that someone says that are silly or do not have any real meaning: unscientific babble3a sound like water moving over stones → see also psychobabble |