babble

noun

/ˈbæbl/

[singular]

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the sound of many people speaking at the same time
- a babble of voices
talking that is confused or silly and is difficult to understand
- I can't listen to his constant babble.
the sounds a baby makes before beginning to say actual words

babble

verb

/ˈbæbl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they babble	/ˈbæbl/ /ˈbæbl/
he / she / it babbles	/ˈbæblz/ /ˈbæblz/
past simple babbled	/ˈbæbld/ /ˈbæbld/
past participle babbled	/ˈbæbld/ /ˈbæbld/
-ing form babbling	/ˈbæblɪŋ/ /ˈbæblɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] babble (away/on) (something) to talk quickly in a way that is difficult to understand
- They were all babbling away in a foreign language.
- I realized I was babbling like an idiot.
[intransitive] to make the sound of water flowing over rocks, like a stream
- a babbling brook
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.