babbling
n. chatter, prattle; babble; speaking continuously in an unintelligible manner adj. that jabbers, blathering, jabbering babble v. chatter; mumble; gush, bubble | ||||
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Babbling Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Babbling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Babble
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Babble
| WordNet 2.0 |
babbling
Noun
1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
(synonym) babble, lallation
(hypernym) gibberish, gibber
(derivation) babble
Adjective
1. talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate"
(synonym) blathering, blithering, jabbering
(similar) voluble
2. continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water; "a babbling brook"
(participle) ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
Noun
1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
(synonym) babble, lallation
(hypernym) gibberish, gibber
(derivation) babble
Adjective
1. talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate"
(synonym) blathering, blithering, jabbering
(similar) voluble
2. continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water; "a babbling brook"
(participle) ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
babble
Noun
1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
(synonym) babbling, lallation
(hypernym) gibberish, gibber
Verb
1. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
(hypernym) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(derivation) chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter
2. to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
(synonym) blather, smatter, blether, blither
(hypernym) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(derivation) chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter
3. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
(synonym) ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
(hypernym) sound, go
(verb-group) gurgle
4. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
(synonym) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, sing, babble out, blab out
(hypernym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
(verb-group) spill, talk
| Australian Slang |
Babbling brook
cook
cook
| Anagram |
babbling
blabbing
blabbing
| hEnglish - advanced version |
babbling
babbling
adj
1. talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate" [syn: blathering, blithering, jabbering, gabbling]
2. continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water: "a babbling brook"
3. making speech sounds; "a babbling baby" n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, lallation]
similar words(2)
babbling thrush
babbling warbler
babbling
adj
1. talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate" [syn: blathering, blithering, jabbering, gabbling]
2. continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water: "a babbling brook"
3. making speech sounds; "a babbling baby" n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, lallation]
similar words(2)
babbling thrush
babbling warbler
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Baldordd
Baldordd = n. a babbling
Baldordd = n. a babbling
Baldorddus
Baldorddus = a. babbling
Clebarddus
Clebarddus = a. babbling
Clepai
Clepai = n. babbling gossip
Ffiloreg
Ffiloreg = n. vain babbling, idle talk
Pepraeth
Pepraeth = n. chattering, babbling
Babbling Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Babbling
Babbling is a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words. (Crucially, the larynx or voicebox, originally high in the throat to let the baby breathe while swallowing, descends during 'the first year of life', allowing a pharynx to develop and all the sounds of human speech to be formed ). Babbling begins at approximately 5 to 7 months of age, when a baby's noises begin to sound like phonemes. Infants begin to produce recognizable words usually around 12 months, though babbling may continue for some time afterward.
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