English-Thai Dictionary

babble

VI พูด เป็นต่อย หอย  พูดมาก  พูด ไร้สาระ  chatter gabble prate phutd-pen-toi-hoi

 

babble

VT พูด อ้อแอ้  พูด ไม่ เป็น ภาษา  พูด ไม่ชัด  drivel gibber wander phu-or-ae

 

babble out

PHRV เผยความลับ  บอก ความลับ  blab out poei-khwam-lab

 

babbler

N คนที่ พูด ไม่ชัด  kon-ti-phud-mai-chad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BABBLE

v.i. 1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children.
2. To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly.
3. To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets.
4. To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as a babbling echo; a babbling stream.

 

BABBLE

v.t.To prate; to utter.

 

BABBLE

n.Idle talk; senseless prattle.

 

BABBLEMENT

n.Idle talk; senseless prate; unmeaning words.

 

BABBLER

n.An idle talker; an irrational prattler; a teller of secrets.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BABBLE

Bab "ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling. ]Etym: [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.

 

BABBLE

BABBLE 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.

 

BABBLE

BABBLE 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.

 

BABBLEMENT

BABBLEMENT Bab "ble *ment, n.

 

Defn: Babble. Hawthorne.

 

BABBLER

BABBLER Bab "bler, n.

 

1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets. Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange.

 

2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

 

BABBLERY

BABBLERY Bab "ble *ry, n.

 

Defn: Babble. [Obs. ] Sir T. More

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

babble

bab ble |ˈbabəl ˈbæbəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way: he would babble on in his gringo Spanish. • [ reporting verb ] utter something rapidly and incoherently: [ with direct speech ] : I gasped and stared and babbled, “Look at this! ” | [ with obj. ] : he began to babble an apology. • reveal something secret or confidential by talking impulsively or carelessly: he babbled to another convict while he was in jail | [ with obj. ] : my father babbled out the truth. • (usu. as adj. babbling ) (of a stream ) make the continuous murmuring sound of water flowing over stones: a gently babbling brook. ▶noun [ in sing. ] the sound of people talking quickly and in a way that is difficult or impossible to understand: a babble of protest. • foolish, excited, or confused talk: her soft voice stopped his babble. • the continuous murmuring sound of water flowing over stones in a stream: the babble of a brook. • background disturbance caused by interference from conversations on other telephone lines. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.

 

babbler

bab bler |ˈbab (ə )lər ˈbæbələr | ▶noun 1 a person who babbles. 2 a thrushlike Old World songbird with a long tail, short rounded wings, and typically a loud discordant or musical voice. [Family Timaliidae (the babbler family ): numerous genera. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

babble

bab ¦ble |ˈbab (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way: they babbled on about their holiday. • [ reporting verb ] utter something rapidly and incoherently: [ with direct speech ] : ‘Thank goodness you're all right, ’ she babbled. • reveal something secret or confidential by talking carelessly: he babbled to another convict while he was in jail. 2 (usu. as adj. babbling ) (of a stream ) make the continuous murmuring sound of water flowing over stones: a gently babbling brook. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] the confused sound of a group of people talking simultaneously: a babble of protest. • foolish, excited, or confused talk: her soft voice stopped his babble. • [ mass noun ] background disturbance caused by interference from conversations on other telephone lines. 2 the continuous murmuring sound of water flowing over stones in a stream: the babble of a brook. DERIVATIVES babblement noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.

 

babbler

bab |bler |ˈbablə | ▶noun 1 a thrush-like Old World songbird with a long tail, short rounded wings, and a loud, discordant or musical voice. ●Family Timaliidae (the babbler family ): numerous genera. 2 a person who babbles.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

babble

babble verb 1 Betty babbled about the stupidest things: prattle, rattle on, chatter, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, prate, ramble, burble, blather; informal gab, yap, yak, yabber, yatter, yammer, blabber, jaw, gas, shoot one's mouth off, run off at the mouth. 2 a brook babbled gently: burble, murmur, gurgle, tinkle; literary plash. ▶noun his inarticulate babble: prattle, chatter, jabber, prating, rambling, blather; informal gab, yabbering, yatter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

babble

babble verb 1 Betty babbled away, oblivious to the look on his face: prattle, rattle on, gabble, chatter, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, prate, ramble, burble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, drivel, patter, yap, jibber-jabber; Scottish & Irish slabber; informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, yammer, blabber, jaw, gas, shoot one's mouth off; Brit. informal witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle; N. Amer. informal run off at the mouth; Austral. /NZ informal mag; archaic twaddle, clack, twattle. 2 my father babbled out the truth: blurt out, blab, reveal, divulge, let slip, let out, give away, come out with; informal spill. 3 just out of sight a brook babbled gently: burble, murmur, gurgle, purl, tinkle; literary plash. ▶noun her soft voice stopped his babble: prattle, gabble, chatter, jabber, prating, rambling, blather, blether; gibbering, gibberish, drivel; informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabbering, yatter, twaddle; Brit. informal wittering, waffle, natter, chuntering; archaic clack, twattle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

babble

bab ble /bǽb (ə )l /〖擬音語 〗動詞 自動詞 1 〈人などが 〉 «…について » わけのわからないことを言う, 意味のない音を発する ; 早口にまくしたてる (on , away ) «about » .2 〈小川 水などが 〉さらさら流れる .他動詞 1 ｟書 ｠〖直接話法 〗〈人などが 〉…と (わけのわからないように )早口にしゃべる, ぶつぶつ言う ; …と発する (→say 他動詞 1a ).2 〈人などが 〉〈秘密など 〉を口走る, ばらす .名詞 〖単数形で 〗1 〖通例a /the ～〗とりとめのないおしゃべり ; (幼児の )片言 ; ざわめき (hubbub ).2 せせらぎ, (水が )さらさら流れる音 ; つぶやき (murmur ).3 (電話の )雑音, 混線による話し声 .b á b bler 名詞