- 1[intransitive, transitive] babble (away/on) (something) to talk quickly in a way that is difficult to understand They were all babbling away in a foreign language. I realized I was babbling like an idiot.
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- 2[intransitive] to make the sound of water flowing over rocks, like a stream a babbling brook
babble
verbNAmE//ˈbæbl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they babble he / she / it babbles
past simple babbled
-ing form babbling
Check pronunciation: babble