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noun

Definition of babblenext
as in prattle
unintelligible or meaningless talk the baby's good-natured babble and random gurglings were cute, but not very helpful in determining what he wanted

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verb

ˈba-bəl How to pronounce babble (audio)
1
as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled

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2
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home

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Recent Examples of babble
Noun
The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches. — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026 Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek. — Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
The surrounding 23 acres the estate sits on are full of trails ripe for exploring, too, and take visitors past historic stone walls, cemeteries, and babbling brooks. — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 Both have stellar amenities, space, and sit next to one another on a babbling creek. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for babble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babble
  1. prattle
  2. chatter
  3. chat
  4. nonsense
  5. drool
  6. talk
  7. jabber
  8. gibber
Noun
  • The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • Together the duo enjoy scaring themselves into a teeth-chattering but delightful evening.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In the novel, likewise, the narrator assumes an almost Homeric guise, comparing current harbor gossip to chatter from the Phoenician, Cretan, Greek, and Roman eras.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatter
Verb
  • Fresh off a red-eye flight after winning his fourth Hugo Award, Scalzi stopped by to chat with us about his newest novel, Monsters of Ohio.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Between chatting with volunteers and meeting fans, Kate opened up a bit about family life.
    — Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of chat
Noun
  • The bloc also roped Canada into this nonsense, and recently asked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to dial the generosity up a notch, according to Politico.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The jokes and nonsense started almost as soon as the first rumors trickled out that Jay, whose company Roc Nation has executive-produced the Super Bowl halftime show since 2019, might be choosing himself to headline next year’s show.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of drool
Verb
  • Negating the new map On the trail, Jeffries and Garcia talked less about their relationship.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the driveway, next to a yellow pizza box, Litberg could be seen talking and signing to his workers.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of talk
Noun
  • Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Definition of jabber
Verb
  • But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
Definition of gibber

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