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| NOUN | 1 | babble, babbling, lallation | Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby |
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| VERB | 1 | babble | Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way |
| 2 | babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither | To talk foolishly | |
| 3 | babble, ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle | Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | |
| 4 | babble, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, sing, babble out, blab out | Divulge confidential information or secrets |
| Sounds | bae'bahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby. |
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| Synonyms | babbling, lallation |
| Broader | gibberish, gibber |
| Verbs | babble; babble |
| Meaning | Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Model | Sam and Sue babble |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Nouns | babbler; babble, babbling |
| Meaning | To talk foolishly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Model | Sam and Sue babble |
| Examples | "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" |
| Synonyms | blather, smatter, blether, blither |
| Broader | chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble |
| Nouns | babbler; babble, babbling |
| Meaning | Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle |
| Similar to | gurgle |
| Broader | sound, go |
| Participle | babbling |
| Meaning | Divulge confidential information or secrets. "Be careful--his secretary talks". |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, sing, babble out, blab out |
| Contrary | keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut |
| Similar to | spill, talk |
| Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out |
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