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[ bab-ling ] / ˈbæb lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR babbling ON THESAURUS.COM
nounfoolish or meaningless chatter; prattle: the constant babbling of idle gossips. the random production of meaningless vocal sounds characteristic of infants after about the sixth week. adjectivechattering or prattling aimlessly. Origin of babblingMiddle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at babble, -ing1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM babblingbab·bling·ly, adverbWords nearby babblingbabbitt, Babbitt metal, Babbittry, babble, babbler, babbling, babbling brook, Babcock test, babe, Bab ed-Din, babe-in-a-cradle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for babblingLanguage was no barrier; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult. Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I realize now that I spoke to her in paragraphs, babbling on and on, while she talked sparingly but concisely. Marilyn and Me: On the 50th Anniversary of Monroe’s Death|Lawrence Schiller|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST Children splash around in the babbling river where the infection began, women washing and bathing on rocks in the sun. United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti|Jonathan M. Katz|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST There was no babbling brook in the background—just the sound of New York traffic. Wedding Bells at N.Y. City Hall|Jessica Bennett|July 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She was very small, as thin and light as thistle-down, ill-dressed, and as communicative as a babbling child. Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward "The babbling of a race in its infancy," it is said by the pandits of the Western world. And Mr. Dingwell's babbling went on, but too indistinctly to be unravelled. The Tenants of Malory|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Comparative quiet only, for the players were babbling among themselves, living the game over again. Andy at Yale|Roy Eliot Stokes The young people did not obey the old man; they thought that he was not using sense, but just babbling in old man's fashion. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales|Leo Tolstoy
Words related to babblingprattling, gabbling, blathering, chitchatting, gibbering, blithering, blabbering, driveling, jabbering, gurgling, bubbling, burbling, rippling |