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babble

('b/&/b/@/l )

utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
to talk foolishly(verb.communication)

Example:
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby.

Synonym:
blather, blether, blither, smatter

source: wordnet30
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise(verb.perception)

Synonym:
bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple

source: wordnet30
divulge confidential information or secrets(verb.communication)

Synonym:
babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle
Antonym:
keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth

source: wordnet30
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles.(verb)

source: webster1913
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.(verb)

source: webster1913

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