babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk the baby's good-natured babble and random gurglings were cute, but not very helpful in determining what he wanted Synonyms abracadabra, gibberish, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle, slobberRelated Words blah (also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle; chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter; cackle, clack, clatter

1 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled Synonyms bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputter Related Words blabber, blather, bleat, blither, gab, jangle, jaw, patter, prate, rattle, run on, smatter, tittle-tattle, troll, yak (also yack); chunter [British], maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter; stammer, stutter; screech, shout, shriek Near Antonyms articulate, enunciate, pronounce

2 to engage in casual or rambling conversation the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home Synonyms chat, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visitRelated Words gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate; yak (also yack), yammer, yap