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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: babble (0.02160 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to babble.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: babble
bercakap-cakap
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: babble
babble
v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an
incoherent way;
“The old man is only babbling--don't pay
attention”
2: to talk foolishly;
“The two women babbled and crooned at the
baby” [syn:
blather,
smatter,
blether,
blither]
3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
“babbling brooks” [syn:
ripple,
guggle,
burble,
bubble,
gurgle]
4: 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,
sing,
babble out,
blab out] [ant:
keep quiet]
babble
n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn:
babbling,
lallation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Babble
Babble
\Bab"ble\, v. t.
1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as
words, in a childish way without understanding.
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These [words] he used to babble in all companies.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
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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.
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2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
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3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
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4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water
running over stones.
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In every babbling brook he finds a friend.
--Wordsworth.
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Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they
are too noisy after having found a good scent.
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Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
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Babble
\Bab"ble\, n.
1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
“This is
mere moral babble.” --Milton.
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2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
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The babble of our young children. --Darwin.
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The babble of the stream. --Tennyson.
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