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Babble is defined as to utter words or sounds without meaning or that are not understandable.

(verb)

An example of babble is for a baby to make noises without producing any recognizable words.

The definition of babble is words or sounds that are not understandable.

(noun)

The first sounds that a baby makes are an example of babble.

See babble in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb babbled, babbling

to make incoherent sounds, as a baby does; prattle
to talk foolishly or too much; blab
to make a low, bubbling sound, as a brook does when flowing over stones

Origin: ME bablen; akin to Norw bable, Swed babbla, Ger babbeln, to prattle, L balbutire, to stammer, Sans balbuthah, stammerer: of echoic orig.

transitive verb

to say indistinctly or incoherently
to say foolishly or unadvisedly; blab

noun

confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds
foolish or meaningless talk
a low, bubbling sound

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babbler noun

jargon or wordy and confusing language related to or characteristic of a (specified) field, group, etc.: often used in nonce compounds: technobabble

See babble in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb bab·bled, bab·bling, bab·bles

verb, intransitive

To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds: Babies babble before they can talk.
To talk foolishly or idly; chatter: “In 1977 [he] was thought of as crazy because he was babbling about supply side” (Newt Gingrich).
To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.

verb, transitive