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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Foolish talk.

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  • noun uncountable a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
  • noun countable sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
  • verb Present participle of babble.

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  • noun gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

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  • A constant sound, like a stream, or a person who is speaking to no point.

    July 20, 2009