babble

bab·ble

 (băb′əl)

v. bab·bled, bab·bling, bab·bles

v.intr.

1. To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds: Babies babble before they can talk.

2. To talk foolishly or idly; chatter: "As I babbled on ... I did not notice that my parents, in the front seat, had fallen completely silent" (Oliver Sacks).

3. To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.

v.tr.

1. To utter rapidly and indistinctly: "Toward the end he babbled old stories, randomly cobbled together" (Julia Whitty).

2. To blurt out impulsively; disclose without careful consideration.

n.

1. Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds.

2. Idle or foolish talk; chatter.

3. A continuous low, murmuring sound, as of flowing water.

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[Middle English babelen.]

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babble

(ˈbæbəl)

vb

1. to utter (words, sounds, etc) in an incoherent or indistinct jumble

2. (intr) to talk foolishly, incessantly, or irrelevantly

3. (tr) to disclose (secrets, confidences, etc) carelessly or impulsively

4. (intr) (of streams, birds, etc) to make a low murmuring or bubbling sound

n

5. incoherent or foolish speech; chatter

6. a murmuring or bubbling sound

[C13: compare Dutch babbelen, Swedish babbla, French babiller to prattle, Latin babulus fool; probably all of imitative origin]

ˈbabblement n

ˈbabbling n, adj

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bab•ble

(ˈbæb əl)

v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i.

1. to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.

2. to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle.

3. to make a continuous murmuring sound.

v.t.

4. to utter in an incoherent or meaningless fashion.

5. to reveal foolishly or thoughtlessly: to babble a secret.

n.

6. inarticulate or imperfect speech.

7. foolish or incoherent speech; prattle.

8. a murmuring sound or sounds.

[1200–50; Middle English babelen, of expressive orig.; compare Middle Low German babbelen]

bab′bler, n.

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Babble

 barbers collectively—Lipton, 1970

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babble

Past participle: babbled
Gerund: babbling

Imperative

babble

babble

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	babble - gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby babbling, lallation gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking
Verb	1.	babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
	2.	babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" blather, blether, blither, smatter blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
	3.	babble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple, bubble sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" gurgle - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
	4.	babble - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, talk, sing disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" talk, spill - reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

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babble

verb

1. gabble, chatter, gush, spout, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), splutter, gaggle, burble, prattle, gibber, rabbit on (Brit. informal), jabber, prate They all babbled simultaneously.

2. gurgle, lap, bubble, splash, murmur, ripple, burble, plash a brook babbling only yards from the door

noun

1. gabble, chatter, burble, prattle, blabber He couldn't make himself heard above the babble.

2. gibberish, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), drivel, twaddle lots of babble about strategies and tactics

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babble

verb

1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly:

blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle.

2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on.

Informal: go on, spiel.

Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak.

Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.

noun

1. Unintelligible or foolish talk:

blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle.

2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:

blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk.

Slang: gab, gas, yak.

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Translations

ثَرْثَره ، خَريريُثَرثِر، يَتَكَلَّم بِحَماقَهيخرِّ

blábolbubláníbublatžvanit

ævleklukkekneverpalaverplabre

babbelnGeplätscherGestammelplätschernschwatzen

φλυαρώ

balbucir

babilbabillagebabillerbafouillerbavardage

csobogcsobogásgügyöggügyögés

hjal, bablmasa, òvælaniîa

chiacchierachiacchieraremormoraremormorio

čiurlenimasčiurlentiplepėtitaukštitauškimas

burbuļošanaburbuļotčalošanačalotpļāpāšana

bablebablingklukkepludringskravle

bublaniebublať

ağzında gevelemekboş lâfçağıldamakçağıltıgevezelik

唠叨喋喋不休潺潺作声胡言乱语

babble

[ˈbæbl]

A. N [of baby] → balbuceo m; [of stream] → murmullo m (= small talk) → cháchara f
a babble of voices arose → se oyó un murmullo de voces

B. VI

1. [person] (= talk to excess) → parlotear; (= gossip) → chismorrear, cotillear

2. [baby] → balbucear; [stream] → murmurar

C. VT → decir balbuceando

babble away babble on VI + ADV → hablar sin parar

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babble

[ˈbæb^əl]

vi

[baby] → babiller

[person] (= speak at length) to babble on about sth → débiter des banalités sur qch

n (= sound) [conversation] → bavardage m; [baby] → babillage m
a babble of voices → un brouhaha de voix psychobabble, techno-babble

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babble

n

→ Gemurmel nt; (of baby, excited person etc) → Geplapper nt; babble (of voices) → Stimmengewirr nt

(of stream) → Murmeln nt no pl (liter), → Plätschern nt no pl

vi

(person) → plappern, quasseln (inf); (baby) → plappern, lallen; don’t babble, speak slowly → nicht so schnell, rede langsam; the other actress tended to babble → die andere Schauspielerin neigte dazu, ihren Text herunterzurasseln

(stream) → murmeln (liter), → plätschern

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babble

[ˈbæbl]

1. n (of voices) → mormorio; (of baby) → balbettio; (of stream) → gorgoglio; (foolish) → ciance fpl

2. vi (indistinctly) → farfugliare; (chatter) → cianciare; (baby) → balbettare; (stream) → gorgogliare

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babble

(ˈbӕbl) verb

1. to talk indistinctly or foolishly. What are you babbling about now? babbel يُثَرثِر، يَتَكَلَّم بِحَماقَه бръщолевя tagarelar žvanit queaseln vrøvle; ævle; plabre; sludre μουρμουρίζω ακατάληπτα murmullar, murmurar, barbotar lalisema ور زدن lörpötellä bafouiller, bavarder לְפַטפֵּט, לְבַרְבֵּר बड़बड़ाना brbljati, blebetati gügyög mengoceh, mengobrol masa, þvæla balbettare, barbugliare ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる 서투른 말로 지껄이다 plepėti, taukšti pļāpāt; vāvuļot merapu kletsenbable, sludre, skravlepaplać د ماشومانو په شان خبرې كول، پرتې ويل، اپلتې ويل palrar a bolborosi; a trăncăni бормотать, болтать tárať brbljati brbljati babbla พูดเพ้อเจ้อ saçma sapan konuşmak, ağzında gevelemek 胡言亂語，喃喃自語 бурмотіти; базікати بک بک کرنا nói lảm nhảm 唠叨，喋喋不休，胡言乱语

2. to make a continuous and indistinct noise. The stream babbled over the pebbles. kabbel يخرِّ (النهر) шумоля murmurar bublat plätschern klukke μουρμουρίζω, κελαρύζωmurmullar vulisema شرشر کردن؛ قلقل کردن solista gazouiller קוֹל פִּכפּוּך कोलाहल žuboriti csobog gemericik niða mormorare さらさらと音をたてる 졸졸 소리내다 čiurlenti čalot; burbuļot berdesir kabbelenklukke szemrać په مسلسله توگه غالمغال او شورماشور جوړول rumorejar a su­sura журчать bublať žuboreti žuboriti sorla ส่งเสียงเหมือนน้ำไหลผ่านก้อนหิน çağıldamak, şırıldamak (流水)潺潺作聲 дзюрчати غوں غاں کرنا rì rào （流水）潺潺作声

noun

such talk or noises. gebabbel, gekabbel ثَرْثَره ، خَرير брътвеж tagarelice blábol, bublání das Gestammel, das Geplätscher knever; snak; palaver μουρμουρητό, κελάρυσμα murmullo, barboteo lalin, vulin وراجی sorina babil(lage)פטפוט, ברבור बकवाद brbljanje, žubor gügyögés; csobogás ocehan, celoteh hjal, babl balbettio; mormorio おしゃべり 분명치 않은 말 tauškimas, čiurlenimas pļāpāšana; vāvuļošana; čalošana; burbuļošana percakapan yang merapu geklets, gekabbelbabling, pludring paplanina, szmer اپلتي، تى خور ما شوم، كو چنى، وړوكى (شيدې خوړونكى) (مجازاړ) بې تجربې، ساده سړى tagarelice trăncăneală; bol­bo­roseală бормотание; журчание táranie; bublanie žuborenje, čebljanje, žvrgolenje brbljanje, žubor babbel, sorl การพูดเพ้อเจ้อหรือเสียงเหมือนน้ำไหลผ่านก้อนหิน gevezelik, boş lâf, çağıltı, şırıltı 胡言亂語 балаканина, базікання غوں غاں کا شور sự nói lảm nhảm; tiếng rì rào 胡言乱语

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babble

n. balbuceo;

v. balbucear.

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babble

(ped) n balbuceo; vi balbucear

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