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baby talk

noun

Definition of baby talk

  1. 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. 2 :  oversimplified speech or writing

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baby talk

noun

Definition of baby talk for English Language Learners

  • : 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. 1:  the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk

  2. 2:  the consciously imperfect or altered speech often used by adults in speaking to small children

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