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babble

verb

1 Betty babbled away, oblivious to the look on his face:

prattle, rattle on, gabble, chatter, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, prate, ramble, burble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, drivel, patter, yap, jibber-jabber;

Scottish, & Irish slabber;

informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, yammer, blabber, jaw, gas, shoot one's mouth off;

British, informal witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle;

North American, informal run off at the mouth;

Australian, New Zealand, informal mag;

archaic twaddle, clack, twattle.

2 my father babbled out the truth:

blurt out, blab, reveal, divulge, let slip, let out, give away, come out with;

informal spill.

3 just out of sight a brook babbled gently:

burble, murmur, gurgle, purl, tinkle;

literary plash.

noun

her soft voice stopped his babble:

prattle, gabble, chatter, jabber, prating, rambling, blather, blether;

gibbering, gibberish, drivel;

informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabbering, yatter, twaddle;

British, informal wittering, waffle, natter, chuntering;

archaic clack, twattle.