Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAB'BLE
BAB'BLE, v.i. [D. babbelen; Fr. babiller; properly to throw out.]
- To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children. – Prior.
- To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly. – Arbuthnot.
- To talk much; to prate; hence, to tell secrets. – Shak.
- To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as, a babbling echo; a babbling stream.
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