babblement.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a talk in an inarticulate or incoherent manner. b chatter excessively or irrelevantly. c (of a stream etc.) murmur, trickle.
2 tr. repeat foolishly; divulge through chatter.

--n.

1 a incoherent speech. b foolish, idle, or childish talk.
2 the murmur of voices, water, etc.
3 Telephony background disturbance caused by interference from conversations on other lines.

babblement n. [ME f. MLG babbelen, or imit.]

babblement.html - n.
1 a chatterer.
2 a person who reveals secrets.
3 any of a large group of passerine birds with loud chattering voices.

babblement.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a talk in an inarticulate or incoherent manner. b chatter excessively or irrelevantly. c (of a stream etc.) murmur, trickle.
2 tr. repeat foolishly; divulge through chatter.

--n.

1 a incoherent speech. b foolish, idle, or childish talk.
2 the murmur of voices, water, etc.
3 Telephony background disturbance caused by interference from conversations on other lines.

babblement n. [ME f. MLG babbelen, or imit.]

babblement.html - n.
1 a chatterer.
2 a person who reveals secrets.
3 any of a large group of passerine birds with loud chattering voices.

babblement.html - n.
1 (in full Babbitt metal) any of a group of soft alloys of tin, antimony, copper, and usu. lead, used for lining bearings etc., to diminish friction.
2 (babbitt) a bearing-lining made of this. [I. Babbitt, Amer. inventor d. 1862]

babblement.html - n.
a materialistic, complacent businessman.

Babbittry n. [George Babbitt, a character in the novel Babbitt (1922) by S. Lewis]