babbling
noun
[ ˈbab(ə)lɪŋ ]
• the action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
• "the constant babbling of the kids"
• the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water.
• "the babbling of a nearby river"
babbling
adjective
• talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
• "the noise of babbling tourists"
• (of flowing water) making a continuous murmuring sound.
• "a gently babbling brook"
babble
verb
• 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"
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.
