baby talk
noun
Definition of baby talk
1a : the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small childrenb : the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk
2 : oversimplified speech or writing
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BABY TALK Defined for English Language Learners
baby talk
noun
Definition of baby talk for English Language Learners
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: the speech used by very young children who are learning to talk or by adults who are speaking to young children
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baby talk
noun
Medical Definition of baby talk
1: the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk
2: the consciously imperfect or altered speech often used by adults in speaking to small children
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