Dictionary Entry
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.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
- 2intransitive verb
To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
- 3intransitive verb
To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
- 4intransitive verb
To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
- 5intransitive verb
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
- 6intransitive verb
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
- 7noun
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
- 8noun
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
- 9noun
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- 10verb
divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful--his secretary talks"
- 11verb
to talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
- 12verb
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
"The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
- 13verb
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"
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