babbling

Examples

• All

• The baby was babbling happily as she played with her toys.

• Then she reached in to unstrap a babbling Aubrey from her car seat.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The actual beginning stages of language, as it is known, are preceded by the so-called babbling period.

  Academic text (2006)

• No footsteps, no babbling, no clacking toys or rolling wheels.

• Each sperm whale calf goes through a multi year period of babbling where they experiment with different sounds before becoming fluent in their clan's coda dialect.

• Her babbling made it clear that she was excited about the party.

• Listening to the babbling of children at the playground brought back fond memories.

Synonyms

B

babble

vsbabbling

19 4.4

Soft, happy sounds a baby makes before speaking clearly

is used for the continuous sound or action rather than a single act

B

baby talk

vsbabbling

1 3.9

Speech by a very young child using simple sounds and words

describes sounds before words or unintelligible noises rather than simplified child speech

L

lallation

vsbabbling

• Specialized

9.9

Speech made of baby-like, unclear sounds that do not make sense

is the common everyday term rather than a technical label

Antonyms

A

articulateness

1 6.7

The ability to speak or write clearly and well

S

speech production

• Specialized

4.4

The way a person makes clear spoken words other people can understand

How Intelligible

to speak clearly

7 1.0

to coo

3 5.5

babbling

18 3.3

gibberish

45 7.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology