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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
babble .
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By means of pure echolalia, without associating ideas with the word babbled in imitation, the child learns, to be sure, to articulate words likewise; but he does not learn to understand them or to use them properly unless coincidences, intentional or accidental, show him this or that result when this or that word is uttered by him.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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I just kind of babbled on and wanted to talk, I suppose, to the viewers, like I might talk to a friend in the kitchen.
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[1] Lit., 'became slippery,' Gn.; 'babbled' (as a brook), or
Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems Anonymous 1878
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It was in the back of a police car that Shannon Matthews 'mother Karen allegedly' babbled 'to neighbours over what had happened to her daughter.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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She bawled and babbled incoherently the first night.
What Is Life? vic fortezza 2011
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A rancorous onslaught babbled forth, and I asked for the questions to come one at a time.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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I thought McKidd was equally strong conveying the pain as he talked Teddy through her surgery while she babbled on about her husband, not knowing he'd just died.
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“Darn your powers of cuteness,” I grumbled at the baby, who babbled and grabbed at my nose.
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Mason babbled about his food and tried to fit carrots on his little spoon.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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He babbled, We were waiting for the fries to finish, and we got a little bored.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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