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Definitioner
Substantiv
- Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
- Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
- A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Verb
- (intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles.
- (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
- (intransitive) To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
- (intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
- (transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
- (transitive) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Exempel
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, a Mask, line 823:
- "This is mere moral babble."
- The babble of our young children. - Darwin.
- The babble of the stream. - Alfred Tennyson.
- In every babbling brook he finds a friend. - William Wordsworth.
- Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
- These words he used to babble in all companies. - John Arbuthnot.
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | babbled |
| Imperfekt | babbled |
| Presensparticip | babbling |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | babbles |