to babble
3
5.3
- verb
- /ˈbæbəl/
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- When he started to babble about the company's plans, everyone knew it was time to leave the room.
Examples
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She'd babbled something about stealing from the dead, and she gave me this.
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When I pulled him out, he was babbling about an underground army.
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The woman's jaw dropped, and she started to babble some lame apology.
Blog text (19) -
I'd babbled some nonsense about protecting company secrets, which was ludicrous.
Fiction book (1991) -
It happened when her boyfriend showed up one night, babbling his plans to hold up his uncle's jewelry store.
Fiction book (1992) -
She didn't mean to babble about the surprise party, but she was too excited to keep it secret.
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If you keep babbling about your personal life, you'll spill the information you wanted to keep private.
Synonyms
435
6.1
Tell secrets or private facts because of pressure
164
4.5
To reveal secret information, often by mistake
114
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
70
8.4
To tell secret information to the police or other officials
45
6.2
To tell secret or private information to people
43
6.0
To tell a secret or show feelings you were trying to hide
29
7.4
To tell a secret
27
1.3
To talk about other people's private lives and share rumors
24
3.7
People find out secret information without permission
21
7.4
To tell secrets without thinking
18
6.0
Tell a secret by accident before others know
12
6.3
To tell someone a secret that should be kept
8
7.0
Tell a person in charge about someone else's bad actions in a childish way
6
7.8
To talk too much and tell secrets carelessly
5
5.6
Accidentally tell someone something you want to keep secret
5
5.1
To tell a secret that should be kept
2
9.9
To tell authorities secret information about someone to get them in trouble
1
5.5
To tell a secret by accident and spoil a surprise
1
8.5
To tell private or bad things about someone to other people
1
7.9
To tell a secret carelessly or without meaning to
1
9.1
To openly say something people usually keep secret
To tell secrets without thinking
To make a secret known often without meaning to
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Revealing
143
4.6
- Informal
42
3.9
5
5.6
3
5.3
∞
1.0
229
1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Babble meaning 'reveal secrets' grows from the idea of talking too much like a child, because someone who 'babbles' speaks carelessly. So to babble in this sense is to give away private information by talking without thinking.