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Meaning of babble

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  babble
      n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: {babble},
           {babbling}, {lallation}]
      v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an
           incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay
           attention"
      2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the
         baby" [syn: {babble}, {blather}, {smatter}, {blether},
         {blither}]
      3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling
         brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle}, {burble},
         {bubble}, {gurgle}]
      4: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his
         secretary talks" [syn: {spill the beans}, {let the cat out of
         the bag}, {talk}, {tattle}, {blab}, {peach}, {babble},
         {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep one's mouth
         shut}, {keep quiet}, {shut one's mouth}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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