- blathering, blithering, jabbering, babbling - talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate"
Antonym: taciturn (indirect, via voluble)
- babbling - continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water; "a babbling brook"
- babble, babbling, lallation - gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
--1 is a kind of gibberish, gibber
Derived forms: verb babble1, verb babble2
- babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
--1 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun babbler1, noun babble1, noun babbling1
Sam and Sue babble
- babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
--2 is one way to chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun babbler1, noun babble1, noun babbling1
Sam and Sue babble
- ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
--3 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s PP
- spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
--4 is one way to disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
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Somebody ----s