babble
verb
[ ˈbab(ə)l ]
• talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
• "they babbled on about their holiday"
Similar:
prattle,
rattle on,
gabble,
chatter,
jabber,
twitter,
go on,
run on,
prate,
ramble,
burble,
blather,
blether,
blither,
maunder,
drivel,
patter,
yap,
jibber-jabber,
slabber,
gab,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabber,
yatter,
yammer,
blabber,
jaw,
gas,
shoot one's mouth off,
witter,
rabbit,
chunter,
natter,
waffle,
run off at the mouth,
mag,
twaddle,
clack,
twattle,
• (of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.
• "the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks"
babble
noun
• the sound of people talking simultaneously.
• "the answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation"
• the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water.
• "the babble of a brook"
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
combining form
• forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.
• "psychobabble"
