1. Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
   "The old man is only babbling — don't pay attention"
    
2. To talk foolishly
   "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby";
   - blather, smatter [rare], blether [UK, dialect], blither [informal], blatter [informal]
    
3. Divulge confidential information or secrets
   "Be careful—his secretary babbles"; "In his drunken state, he babbled out company secrets";
   - spill the beans [informal], let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab [informal], peach [informal], sing [informal], babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away
    
4. Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
   "babbling brooks";
   - ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle

1. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
   "The stream's babble was soothing to hear";
   - babbling, lallation
    
2. Constant or confused sound of voices or water
   "The babble of the crowd filled the hall"

Derived forms: babbled, babbling, babbles

Type of: blab [informal], blabber [informal], break, bring out, chatter, clack [informal], disclose, discover, divulge, expose, gabble, gibber, gibberish, give away, go, jibber-jabber, lay bare, let on, let out, maunder, mouth, palaver [informal], piffle [informal], prate, prattle, rabbit [Brit, informal], reveal, sound, speak, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], twattle [UK, dialect], uncover, unwrap, utter, vapor [US], vapour [Brit, Cdn], verbalise [Brit], verbalize, witter [Brit, informal], yabber [informal], yatter [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Babble