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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bab•bling (bab′ling),USA pronunciation n. - foolish or meaningless chatter;
prattle:the constant babbling of idle gossips. - Linguisticsthe random production of meaningless vocal sounds characteristic of infants after about the sixth week.
adj. - chattering or prattling aimlessly.
- 1200–50; Middle English; see babble, -ing1, -ing2
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bab•ble /ˈbæbəl/USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v. - to make meaningless sounds: [no obj]:babbles in her sleep.[ ~ + obj]:The guest babbled her apologies.
- to talk too much or foolishly;
chatter: [no obj]:The two friends babbled on for hours.[ ~ + obj]:The spy babbled state secrets.[ ~ + (that) clause]:He babbled that the enemy was invading. - [no obj] to make a continuous murmuring sound: a babbling brook.
n. [uncountable] - poorly pronounced words;
imperfect speech:the babble of little babies. - foolish, meaningless, or too much talk;
chatter:the babble in the room before the class began. - a murmuring sound or sounds.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bab•ble (bab′əl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v.i. - to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.
- to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly;
chatter or prattle. - to make a continuous, murmuring sound.
v.t. - to utter in an incoherent, foolish, or meaningless fashion.
- to reveal foolishly or thoughtlessly:to babble a secret.
n. - inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- foolish, meaningless, or incoherent speech;
prattle. - a murmuring sound or a confusion of sounds.
- Linguisticsbabbling (def. 2).
- Telecommunicationsa confused mixture of extraneous sounds in a circuit, resulting from cross talk from other channels. Cf. cross talk (def. 1).
- 1200–50; Middle English babelen; cognate with Old Norse babbla, Dutch babbelen, German pappelen
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged chitchat, gabble, drivel, blather.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged murmur, gurgle, burble.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: babble /ˈbæbəl/ vb - to utter (words, sounds, etc) in an incoherent or indistinct jumble
- (intransitive) to talk foolishly, incessantly, or irrelevantly
- (transitive) to disclose (secrets, confidences, etc) carelessly or impulsively
- (intransitive) (of streams, birds, etc) to make a low murmuring or bubbling sound
n - incoherent or foolish speech; chatter
- a murmuring or bubbling sound
Etymology: 13th Century: compare Dutch babbelen, Swedish babbla, French babiller to prattle, Latin babulus fool; probably all of imitative origin |