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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
babble \bab"ble\ ba^b"b'l, v. i. imp.  p. p. babbled
   ba^b"b'ld; p. pr.  vb. n. babbling. cf. lg. babbeln,
   d. babbelen, g. bappeln, bappern, f. babiller, it. babbolare;
   prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning
   to talk.
   1. to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter
      inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
      1913 webster

   2. to talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
      1913 webster

   3. to talk much; to chatter; to prate.
      1913 webster

   4. to make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water
      running over stones.
      1913 webster

            in every babbling brook he finds a friend.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   note: hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they
         are too noisy after having found a good scent.
         1913 webster

   syn: to prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
        1913 webster
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babbled babbling 

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