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What's The Definition Of Babble?

\Bab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babbled} (?);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. 2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words. 3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate. 4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. In every babbling he finds a friend. --Wordsworth. Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
\Bab"ble\, v. i. 1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding. These [words] he used to babble in all companies. --Arbuthnot. 2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
\Bab"ble\, n. 1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. ``This is mere moral babble.'' --Milton. 2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. --Darwin. The babble of the stream. --Tennyson.