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Thesaurus entry: babble
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babble
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verb
1.
Betty babbled about the stupidest things
synonyms
: prattle, rattle on, chatter, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, prate, ramble, burble, blather;
informal
gab, yap, yak, yabber, yatter, yammer, blabber, jaw, gas, shoot one's mouth off, run off at the mouth.
2.
a brook babbled gently
synonyms
: burble, murmur, gurgle, tinkle;
literary
plash.
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noun
his inarticulate babble
synonyms
: prattle, chatter, jabber, prating, rambling, blather;
informal
gab, yabbering, yatter.