Babble \Bab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (?);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.

2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.

In every babbling he finds a friend. --Wordsworth.

Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.

Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)