baby talk

baby talk

noun

Definition of BABY TALK

1

a : the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small children b : the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk

2

: oversimplified speech or writing

First Known Use of BABY TALK

1823

Rhymes with BABY TALK

belle epoque, chicken hawk, double-talk, happy talk, Kitty Hawk, pillow talk, power walk, sparrow hawk, widow's walk, tomahawk