baby talknoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbeɪ.bi ˌtɔːk/us/ˈbeɪ.bi ˌtɑːk/the words that a very young child uses, or the words used by adults when they talk to babies
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- expressive
- hold the floor idiom
- loose
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- yap
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Examples from literature
- Blue, said the nurse austerely, "you know your mother doesn't like baby talk, Teddy."