\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.

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

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