babbling

Noun

1. (uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
2. (countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
3. (countable, uncountable) Idle senseless talk; prattle.
4. (countable, uncountable) A confused murmur, as of a stream.

Adj

That babbles.

Verb

present participle and gerund of babble

babble

• Verb
• Noun

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bablyng

In summary

From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, equivalent to babble + -ing.

Synonyms

chattering

babble

purling

murmuring

jabbering

prattling

lallation

double talk

gabbling

gabby

garrulity

garrulous

garrulousness

gibberish

glib

gobbledygook

idle talk

chatter

loudly

mumbling

bubbling

pattering

prating

prattle

idle talking

blithering

rambling

talkative

talkativeness

verbose

e.g.

talking nonsense

long-tongued

double Dutch

chatty

Translations

labernd

schwafelnd

stammelnd

babillage

balbutiement

balbutiements

bredouillement

balbettamento

balbettio

paplanina

tagarela

balbucio

cháchara

charla

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