BAB'BLE, verb intransitive 1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children. 2. To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly. 3. To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets. 4. To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as a babbling echo; a babbling stream. BAB'BLE, verb transitive To prate; to utter. BAB'BLE, noun Idle talk; senseless prattle. 1
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