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Noun: babbling ba-b(u-)ling- Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- babble, lallation Verb: babble ba-bul- Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
"The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" - To talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"; - blather, smatter, blether [UK, dialect], blither - Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"; - ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle - Divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful--his secretary babbles"; - spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab [informal], peach [informal], sing [informal], babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away
Derived forms: babblings Type of: blab [informal], blabber [informal], break, bring out, chatter, clack [informal], disclose, discover, divulge, expose, gabble, gibber, gibberish, give away, go, lay bare, let on, let out, maunder, mouth, palaver [informal], piffle, 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 [Brit, informal], yatter [Brit, informal] Encyclopedia: Babbling Babble |