From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
babble
n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babbling,
lallation]
v 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" [syn: blather, smatter, blether, blither]
3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
"babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, guggle, burble,
bubble, gurgle]
4: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab,
peach, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: {keep
quiet}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Babble \Bab"ble\ (b[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled
(b[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] [Cf. LG. babbeln,
D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare;
prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning
to talk.]
1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter
inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
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2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
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3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
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4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water
running over stones.
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In every babbling brook he finds a friend.
--Wordsworth.
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Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they
are too noisy after having found a good scent.
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Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Babble \Bab"ble\, v. t.
1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as
words, in a childish way without understanding.
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These [words] he used to babble in all companies.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Babble \Bab"ble\, n.
1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is
mere moral babble." --Milton.
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2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
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The babble of our young children. --Darwin.
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The babble of the stream. --Tennyson.
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