bab·bler (b b l r)n. 1. One that babbles: a babbler of half-truths. 2. A tape recording of numerous voices talking at the same time, used as an antibugging device to hinder or prevent eavesdropping. |
babbler [ˈbæblə]
n
1. a person who babbles
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various insect-eating birds of the Old World tropics and subtropics that have a loud incessant song: family Muscicapidae (warblers, thrushes, etc.)
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  babbler - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerspeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" |
| 2. |  babbler - any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidaeoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Timalia, Timalia - type genus of the Timaliidae |
Translations
babbler
n → Plaudertasche f (inf)
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