babbleverb
uk/ˈbæb.əl/us/ˈbæb.əl/babble verb (TALK)
[ I or T ] to talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited, or silly way:
The children babbled excitedly among themselves.
She was babbling something about her ring being stolen.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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babble verb (WATER NOISE)
[ I ] literary (of a stream) to make the low, continuous noise of water flowing over stones:
They rested a while by a babbling brook.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- thud
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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babblenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbæb.əl/us/ˈbæb.əl/a continuous low or confused sound, especially the sound of several people talking:
I could hear the babble of voices in the next room.