babble

Definition of babble

Verbs

utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
Type of:
mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
express in speech
to talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
Synonyms:
blather, blether, blither, smatter
Type of:
blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Synonyms:
bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple
Type of:
go, sound
make a certain noise or sound
divulge confidential information or secrets
Synonyms:
babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle
spill
reveal information
Antonyms:
keep quiet
refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
keep one's mouth shut, shut one's mouth
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Type of:
break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Nouns

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Synonyms:
babbling, lallation
Type of:
gibber, gibberish
unintelligible talking

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