'Babble' definitions:

Definition of 'babble'

noun

Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation]

verb

Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"

verb

To talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither]

verb

Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle]

verb

Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]

From: GCIDE

Babble \Bab"ble\ (b[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (b[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] [Cf. LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.]
1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles. [1913 Webster]
2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words. [1913 Webster]
3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate. [1913 Webster]
4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. [1913 Webster]
In every babbling brook he finds a friend. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Babble \Bab"ble\, v. t.
1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding. [1913 Webster]
These [words] he used to babble in all companies. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Babble \Bab"ble\, n.
1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is mere moral babble." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. [1913 Webster]
The babble of our young children. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
The babble of the stream. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]