babbling
/ˈbæblɪŋ/
noun
- The act of making meaningless sounds, especially by a baby learning to speak.
- Her babbling gradually turned into actual words.
- The baby's babbling was adorable and sounded like a real conversation.
- Linguists study infant babbling to understand language development.
- Foolish or continuous talk that is hard to follow.
- I couldn't hear the movie over the babbling of the people behind us.
- The teacher asked the students to stop their babbling and pay attention.
- His constant babbling annoyed everyone on the bus.
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adjective
- Making a continuous murmuring sound, like a stream.
- The babbling fountain created a peaceful atmosphere.
- A babbling stream ran alongside the hiking trail.
- We followed the babbling brook through the meadow.
- Talking rapidly and foolishly; unable to stop speaking.
- He was a babbling mess after drinking too much coffee.
- The babbling guest wouldn't let anyone else get a word in.
- The babbling child told us every detail of his day.
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