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as in babble

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babbling

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verb

present participle of babble
1
as in drooling
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 chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home

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“Babbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babbling. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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