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    bab·ble
    [ˈbab(ə)l]
    verb
    babble (verb) · babbles (third person present) · babbled (past tense) · babbled (past participle) · babbling (present participle)
    1. talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:
      "they babbled on about their vacation"
    2. (of flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound:
      "the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks"
    noun
    babble (noun) · babbles (plural noun)
    1. the sound of people talking simultaneously:
      "the answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation" · "a confused babble of voices"
      Opposite:
      silence
    2. the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water:
      "the babble of a brook"
      Opposite:
      roar
      thunder
    Origin
    Middle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.
    -babble
    [-babble]
    combiningform
    informal
    1. forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon characteristic of a specified field or group:
      "psychobabble" · "technobabble"
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    What does babble mean?
    Get a quick, free translation! BABBLE definition: 1. to talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited, or silly way: 2. (of a stream) to make…. Learn more.

    BABBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    What does it mean if a stream babbles?
    If a stream babbles, it makes a low murmuring or bubbling sound. ...a brook babbling in the distance. You can refer to people's voices as a babble of sound when they are excited and confused, preventing you from understanding what they are saying. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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    How many meanings does the noun babble have?
    There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun babble. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. babble has developed meanings and uses in subjects including How common is the noun babble? About 0.3 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the noun babble pronounced?

    babble, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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    What does babbling mean?
    It belongs to business jargon, but it's playfully onomatopoetic, which implies a kind of babbling pleasure in noise for its own sake. He's not ever going to see or walk or talk or babble or anything. The only diversion to this was the frequent sound of smashing glassware and east end babble.

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    What does a babble of sound mean?
    You can refer to people's voices as a babble of sound when they are excited and confused, preventing you from understanding what they are saying. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 5. 6. Collins English Dictionary.

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    What does it mean if a baby babbles before he can talk?
    Babies babble before they can talk. To make incoherent sounds, as a baby does; prattle. To say indistinctly or incoherently. To talk foolishly or idly; chatter. To talk foolishly or too much; blab. Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds. Confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds. Idle or foolish talk; chatter. Foolish or meaningless talk.

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