Meaning & use
babbling
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Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or unclear way; also used of water making a continuous murmuring sound.
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The babbling toddler pointed excitedly at every dog they passed.
They camped beside a babbling brook all weekend.
A note on using this word
Used both for meaningless human chatter and, poetically, for the soft continuous sound of a stream.
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