babbled; babbling
ˈba-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
a
: to talk enthusiastically or excessively
b
: to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds
2
: to make sounds as though babbling
1
: to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner
2
: to reveal by talk that is too free
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Examples of babble in a Sentence
Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling.
He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.
Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.
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The sketch opened with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump putting on a fluorescent sanitation worker vest and babbling to himself in exhaustion.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
Feel the raw power of St. Lucia's volcanic formation at the island's Sulphur Springs, hidden among babbling rivers and waterfalls in the jungle near Soufrière.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
My son, Birdie, is babbling, crawling, grinning at me with a sparkle in his eye and giving me slobbery kisses all day every day.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
In another video, the family of four could be seen taking a ride in a golf cart filled with beach day supplies as Jupiter excitedly babbled in the background.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
Feel the raw power of St. Lucia's volcanic formation at the island's Sulphur Springs, hidden among babbling rivers and waterfalls in the jungle near Soufrière.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
My son, Birdie, is babbling, crawling, grinning at me with a sparkle in his eye and giving me slobbery kisses all day every day.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
In another video, the family of four could be seen taking a ride in a golf cart filled with beach day supplies as Jupiter excitedly babbled in the background.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Babble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/babble. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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