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babble
Meaning: to talk rapidly in a way that is hard to understand
babble in a sentence
How babble is used in real sentences:
Overcome with excitement, Leo babbled about every part of the field trip.
Nora babbled so quickly that her classmates could not follow her story.
“Children began to babble so rapidly that parents could not follow every word.”
— from the passage The Waiting Map
Synonyms for babble
Other words for babble — ramble, prattle and jabber — carry the same meaning.
- ramble
- prattle
- jabber
Antonyms of babble
Words that mean the opposite of babble:
- clarify
- articulate
Where it comes from
From Middle English babelen, imitating repeated speech sounds
Memory hook
Babble sounds like a baby saying many mixed-up sounds.