babble

noun

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

verb

divulge confidential information or secrets

flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

to talk foolishly

utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

Roots

babbab- · imitative · imitative baby-talk syllable le-ble · English · frequentative

Synonyms for babble

babblementn blathern blabv prattlen burblev gabblen talkv stultiloquencen chattern gurglen tattlen gibbern praten gibberishn gugglev natterv chitchatn pifflen galimatias

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Where does babble come from?

The word babble breaks down into 2 roots of imitative and English origin: bab, from imitative bab (“imitative baby-talk syllable”); and -ble, from English le (“frequentative”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.