babble

About 0.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

   The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.

2. verb To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
3. verb To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

   She babbled on for hours about the importance of some new gadget.

4. verb To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.

   Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.

5. verb To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
6. verb To reveal; to give away (a secret).
7. noun Idle talk; senseless prattle.
8. noun Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

Similar words

smatter blather blither blab tattle talk ripple burble gurgle guggle

Often followed by

of and about on in to that at like

Word family

babbled babblement babblements babbler babblers babbles babbling