[ˈbabl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way
(e.g: they babbled on about their holiday)

- (of flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound
(e.g: the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks)


Phrases:

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

[ˈbabl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the sound of people talking simultaneously
(e.g: the answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation)

- the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water
(e.g: the babble of a brook)


Phrases:

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