Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Babble
babble, n. [see babble, v.]
- Chatter; idle speech; ineffective discourse; linguistic confusion; confounding of tongues; [word play] babel; like the Tower of Babel (see Genesis 11:9).
- Murmur; burble; gurgle; attempt to speak underwater.
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