babbling
ba buh ling
- n gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- v utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention - v to talk foolishly
- v flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babbling brooks - v divulge confidential information or secrets
- No babbling by one year; no single words by 16 months; no two-word phrases by 24 months Any loss of language skills at any time No pretend playing.
- Along Manhattan's Jacobs Beacha babbling little strip of sidewalk outside Boxing Tsar Mike Jacobs' 49th Street ticket officethere was gloom one day last week.
- We might be rehashing news of terrorist threats, or babbling about homeland security, or remembering that there's a World Cup going on.