babble
19
4.4
- noun
- /ˈbæbəl/
:
murmullo
- As she listened to the toddler's babble, she marveled at the joy in his incoherent sounds.
- background babble
- babble noise
- multitalker babble
And now the Washington Post is blasting out her alarmist, asylum worthy babbling to millions #journalism.
- And now the Washington Post is blasting out her alarmist, asylum worthy babbling to millions #journalism.
Examples
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The crowd was all about them now, their anxious voices a babble he could not lock out.
Fiction book (1991) -
For a moment, there is a babble of fear and frustration.
Fiction book (1992) -
But, listening carefully, all she heard was more babble from the TV.
Fiction book (1998) -
"I had to raise my voice to be heard over the babble of voices.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was a stunned silence, and then a babble of questions.
Academic text (2002) -
From inside came a babble of Spanish, an incoherent background for my scrambled thoughts.
Fiction book (1999) -
There was a constant low-pitched babble inside, a rippling noise like water or birds chattering.
Fiction book (2001) -
A baby cries from the far end of the deck, punctuating the general babble rising in the humid air.
Fiction book (2000) -
The child's constant babble filled the room with sounds that resembled playful nonsense.
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The incessant babble of the young kids made it difficult to concentrate on the movie.
Synonyms
87
3.5
Continuous talk about small things, often lively and noisy
45
7.2
Speech or writing that does not make sense
18
3.3
Sounds babies make before they can speak, like meaningless words
13
7.8
A rapid, unclear talk that is hard to understand
13
9.5
Talk that uses confusing psychology words without real meaning
11
8.4
Talk that is foolish and has little meaning
11
3.4
A low continuous sound made by voices or nature
9
9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
5
3.3
Not having any clear meaning
5
8.7
Silly talk about unimportant things
4
9.7
Unimportant repeating talk that gives no useful information
4
7.9
Fast, unclear talk that is hard to understand
1
9.7
A lot of noisy talking about not important things
1
8.9
Silly or unimportant talk that wastes time
1
9.5
Light talk between people with little meaning
1
9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
1
3.9
Speech by a very young child using simple sounds and words
Speech made of baby-like, unclear sounds that do not make sense
Speech that is hard to follow because the ideas do not connect
Continuous trivial talk that says nothing important
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Confusing education words that sound important but mean little
Antonyms
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Babble as a noun comes from the same imitating sound, like ba ba, which links it to the word baby. So babble means soft, meaningless speech that sounds like 'baby sounds'.