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Definition of babbling :
of Babble
Synonyms:
voluble, rippling, babble, bubbling, burbling, gabbling, sounds, lallation, laughter, gurgling, laughing, blathering
insane (part of speech: adjective)
deranged, maniacal, kooky, frenzied, batty, lunatic, insane, feverish, crazy, crack-brained, psychotic, nutty, mad, unbalanced, blithering, delirious, hysterical, demented, neurotic, schizoid, psycho, brain-sick, berserk, irrational
speech (part of speech: noun)
discussion, prattle, spoken word, report, vocalization, dialog, circumlocution, oration, speech, allocution, talking, jabbering, patter, elocution, chattering, recitation, debate, speaking, oral communication, dialect, locution, voice, chitchat, chat, remark
speaking (part of speech: verb)
gabbing, debating, prattling, orating, reciting, preaching, vocalizing, remarking, discussing, lecturing, saying, voicing, chitchatting, pattering, tattling
Usage examples:
- Put on your thinking- cap, I beg, while I go on babbling. - "Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard", Eleanor Farjeon.
- Aunt Lois was ever afraid of idle words and vain babbling. - "A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia", Amanda Minnie Douglas.
- Here I am babbling these silly nothings when I have some real news up my sleeve. - "Dear Enemy", Jean Webster.