Noah Webster
Babble
BAB'BLE, verb intransitive
1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children.
2. To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly.
3. To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets.
4. To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as a babbling echo; a babbling stream.
BAB'BLE, verb transitive To prate; to utter.
BAB'BLE, noun Idle talk; senseless prattle.
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