Babbles Word Meaning

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

talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way

talk rapidly

• they babbled on about their holiday

(of flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound

(of flowing water) make murmuring sound

• the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

the sound of people talking simultaneously

sound of babbling

• the answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation
• a confused babble of voices

the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water

murmuring sound of flowing water

• the babble of a brook