babbling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BAB'BLING, participle present tense Talking idly; telling secrets. 2. Uttering a succession of murmuring sounds; as a babbling stream. 3. In hunting, babbling is when the hounds are too busy after they have found a good scent. BAB'BLING, noun Foolish talk. 1 Timothy 6:20.
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