babble
babble is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
- intransitive verb. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
- intransitive verb. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
- intransitive verb. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
- intransitive verb. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
- intransitive verb. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
- noun. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
- noun. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
- noun. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- verb. divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful--his secretary talks"
- verb. to talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
- verb. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
"The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
- verb. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"
Synonyms
babbling, lallation, blab, peach, sing, talk, tattle, blather, blether, blither, smatter, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple
Common word forms
babbled, babbler, babbles, babbling, babblement
Words from these letters
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