1
as in drools
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled
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as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home
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Recent Examples of babbles
Esperanza speaks Spanish in a phone interview with NPR, while her 9-month-old baby coos and babbles in the background.
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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 17 May 2026
Race radio babbles away from the glove compartment, providing updates in Portuguese and English.
—Andy McGrath, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 17 May 2026
Race radio babbles away from the glove compartment, providing updates in Portuguese and English.
—Andy McGrath, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babbles
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The officer spots the suspect and shouts at him to get his hands out of his pockets.—
Meg Oliver,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
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Greta Lee and Timothée Chalamet are both partial to the New York City Ballet hat, while Kaia Gerber cheekily shouts out Cole Escola.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
19 Nov. 2025
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Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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The tool chats with job candidates, answers their questions about Chipotle, collects basic information, schedules interviews, and sends offer letters to candidates selected by hiring managers.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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In their first two months on the job, chatters like Dex typically engaged with about 100 people, strictly following scripts to gauge the size of potential victims’ savings.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Dener Broncos Head Coach Sean Payton talks with quarterbacks Jarrett Stidham #8 and Bo Nix #10 in the first half during the preseason game against the Green Bay Packers at Empower Field At Mile High on August 18, 2024 in Denver, Colorado.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Enterprise ambition has shifted from AI that talks to AI that acts, but the reality has been sobering.—
Praveen Satyanarayana,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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But for ordinary Americans, for those of us without fame, wealth, or connections, the machinery of justice often sputters.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
13 Nov. 2025
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In the clip, Ovard can be seen sitting in the car as her girlfriend appears to be sitting offscreen and converses back and forth with her.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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As Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom powers America’s economy, rattles its job market, and shapes its national security priorities, political leaders are struggling for traction on how the government should seek to engage the technology, if at all.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Now his Spurs face an upset of historic proportions, down 2-0 and heading on the road to an arena with an unsettling mystique and with an atmosphere that rattles its guests.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
6 June 2026
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Your dad mutters for head movement, for cage cutting, for not playing off the back and creating distance.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Babbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babbles. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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