babbling

/ˈbæblɪŋ/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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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