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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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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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 19 July 2024
So there’s a lot of incidental noise on the record of babbling babies and dogs shaking their collar and things like that.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 July 2024
Look east from the cemetery, to an adjacent field where cattle graze, birds sing and a brook babbles: This will become a 116-acre data center housing 2.2 million square feet of massive structures with concrete walls up to 70 feet high.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Agnes/Agatha in WandaVision (2021) Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) rarely ever saw a day without her overbearing, babbling neighbor Agnes (Kathryn Hahn) butting into the mix.
—EW.com, 5 July 2024
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The creekside location also adds a bit of character to the overall experience, and there’s nothing more relaxing than listening to the sounds of a babbling creek while sipping a local beer.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 19 July 2024
So there’s a lot of incidental noise on the record of babbling babies and dogs shaking their collar and things like that.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 July 2024
Look east from the cemetery, to an adjacent field where cattle graze, birds sing and a brook babbles: This will become a 116-acre data center housing 2.2 million square feet of massive structures with concrete walls up to 70 feet high.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Agnes/Agatha in WandaVision (2021) Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) rarely ever saw a day without her overbearing, babbling neighbor Agnes (Kathryn Hahn) butting into the mix.
—EW.com, 5 July 2024
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“Babble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babble. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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