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Babbling

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.