BABBLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does babbling mean? 

• BABBLING (noun)
  The noun BABBLING has 1 sense:

1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

  Familiarity information: BABBLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BABBLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

babble; babbling; lallation

Hypernyms ("babbling" is a kind of...):

gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)

Derivation:

babble (to talk foolishly)

babble (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way)

 Context examples 

Dick, who had dropped behind us and now brought up the rear, was babbling to himself both prayers and curses as his fever kept rising.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I left him full of the image of this magnificent intellect babbling like a foolish child.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The babbling hound, sire, is not always the first at the mort,” the old knight answered.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"In the name of goodness, child, what are you babbling about?"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

That is all, the drunkenness of life, the stirring and crawling of the yeast, the babbling of the life that is insane with consciousness that it is alive.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The transiting moon will be in Scorpio, which spells a yearning for privacy, so choose a charming bed-and-breakfast inn situated in or near a forest and also near water, such as a stream, lake, inlet, or babbling brook.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Henry was bending over and adding ice to the babbling pot of beans when he was startled by the sound of a blow, an exclamation from Bill, and a sharp snarling cry of pain from among the dogs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It may save them from foolish and pernicious babbling.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)