as in prattle
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the baby's good-natured babble and random gurglings were cute, but not very helpful in determining what he wanted
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled
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as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home
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Recent Examples of babble
Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Hall of Mosses Trail What to Listen For: The babbling Hoh River will, unsurprisingly, accompany you on the Hoh River Trail.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Agent Collins is worried (side note: AS HE SHOULD BE) and babbles a little about how Teri is stuck in Atlanta.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
When medics arrived on the scene, in bodycam footage played during the trial, Cato was seen soaked in sweat and babbling about other children in the neighborhood, appearing to try to blame them.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Zhao babbled about the differences between the tech industries in Taiwan and Japan, plying Craig with question after question.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Hall of Mosses Trail What to Listen For: The babbling Hoh River will, unsurprisingly, accompany you on the Hoh River Trail.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Agent Collins is worried (side note: AS HE SHOULD BE) and babbles a little about how Teri is stuck in Atlanta.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
When medics arrived on the scene, in bodycam footage played during the trial, Cato was seen soaked in sweat and babbling about other children in the neighborhood, appearing to try to blame them.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babble
Noun
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Verb
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There are no talking heads, just a succession of fleeting landscape images, overlaid with chattering voices and text, set to a thrumming soundtrack.—
Mustafah Abdulaziz,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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This ranges from the everyday meowing and purring; to yowling to indicate distress; chattering when spotting prey outside of its reach; and chirping to communicate with kittens, according to PetMD.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Genie is one of the powerful platforms to chat with big data in a structured format.—
Kingsuk Chakrabarty,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Let Mom have the final say on the lineup, and pause between movies to chat, snack, or take a stretch break. 14.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Faced with a phrase that has no inherent meaning, the AI Overview still makes a good-faith effort to answer the user's request and draw some plausible explanation out of troll-worthy nonsense.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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None of this ‘support the teams from your country in Europe’ nonsense.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fair to say that the Ichiban has already accomplished its primary objective of getting moto nerds to drool over it on their phone screens – even though there is little likelihood that it will be built as it is envisioned.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025
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Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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At private dinners throughout Rome and at formal gatherings of hundreds of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Some professors didn’t understand how to talk with audiences and were criticized for their monotone deliveries.—
Josh Shepperd,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
Verb
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But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2023
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For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2018
Verb
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During her multi-hour hair routine, Elisabeth conversed with her Greek tutor and worked on translation activities.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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In yet another detail pulled from Persona, players can converse with the cast around the bonfire and learn about their backstories.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Babble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babble. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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