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Babbling Babble Sound Difficult Noun, Verbbre /ˈbæbl/Name /ˈbæbl/Noun Singular]1 The People Speaking

Front babble
Back noun, verbBrE /ˈbæbl/NAmE /ˈbæbl/noun


[singular]1 the sound of many people speaking at the same timea babble of voices

2 talking that is confused or silly and is difficult to understandI can't listen to his constant babble.

3 the sounds a baby makes before beginning to say actual words see also psychobabble

verb

1 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (away/on) (sth) to talk quickly in a way that is difficult to understandThey were all babbling away in a foreign language. I realized I was babbling like an idiot.

2 [intransitive] to make the sound of water flowing over rocks, like a streama babbling brook

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