VERB | communication | babble | utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way |
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communication | babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither | to talk / talk foolishly | |
perception | babble, ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | |
communication | 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 | |
NOUN | communication | babble, babbling, lallation | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby |
Sounds | bae'bahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby. | |
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Synonyms | babbling, lallation | |
Broader | gibberish, gibber | unintelligible talking |
Spanish | balbuceo, parloteo | |
Catalan | balboteig, barboteig | |
Verbs | babble | to talk / talk foolishly |
babble | utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way |
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 | Express in speech |
Spanish | balbucear, charlatanear, charlotear | |
Catalan | balbucejar | |
Nouns | babble, babbling | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby |
babbler | an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker |
Meaning | To talk / talk foolishly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | Sam and Sue babble | |
Example | "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 | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
Spanish | charlar, parlotear | |
Nouns | babble, babbling | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby |
babbler | an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker |
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 | |
Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
Similar to | gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water |
Spanish | gorgotear, murmurar | |
Catalan | brunzir, murmurar, murmurejar, remorejar |
Meaning | divulge confidential information or secrets. | |
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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 | |
Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
Opposite | keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut | Refrain from divulging sensitive information |
Similar to | spill, talk | reveal information |
Spanish | cantar, cotillear, delatar, mascullar | |
Catalan | cantar, divulgar, murmurar, parlar, parlotejar, revelar, xerrar |
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