1
as in drooling
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled
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2
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home
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Recent Examples of babbling
Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2024
The babbling creek alongside that home is an artery that’s repeatedly raged with floodwaters in the past few weeks.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
German researchers discovered a sort of pre-verbal stage in finches—similar to the babbling stage in humans—that leads to their becoming fluent in song.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Cuomo asked sheepishly to more face-covering giggles from Shields, who, not for nothing, noted that she was named after a babbling brook.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2024
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Noun
Firstly, you may be awoken by birds chirping, a view that looks into a lush forest, and a babbling fountain.
—Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2024
The babbling creek alongside that home is an artery that’s repeatedly raged with floodwaters in the past few weeks.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
German researchers discovered a sort of pre-verbal stage in finches—similar to the babbling stage in humans—that leads to their becoming fluent in song.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Cuomo asked sheepishly to more face-covering giggles from Shields, who, not for nothing, noted that she was named after a babbling brook.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2024
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Grew up helping and chatting to customers in his mother’s nail salon and went on to work in Paris for Maison Margiela under John Galliano, Mai feels strongly about his Vietnamese heritage as well as Texan/American roots.Angela Lei, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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There are also a few basic apps like WhatsApp for chatting with friends, but the company is on a mission to reduce screen time, so it’s designed to for minimum obsession and maximum pink pride.Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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As this all unfolds in court, the people are talking.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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There was only the sound of talking in the background.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
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The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
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The vibe of the evening is a slow crescendo, our chatter building to the point where three or four of us are simultaneously talking into our phones and thrusting them in front of one another, all with a remarkable sense of good cheer.Joe Ray, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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The world is filled with chatter about whether AI can fulfill its promise in delivering ROI to the enterprise.R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Babbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babbling. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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