intransitive verb babbled -·bled, babbling -·bling

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

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

transitive verb

1. to say indistinctly or incoherently
2. to say foolishly or unadvisedly; blab

noun

1. confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds
2. foolish or meaningless talk
3. a low, bubbling sound