v. i.
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
v. i.
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
n.
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
n.
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
n.
An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
n.
A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
n.
A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
n.
An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
n.
The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
n.
Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
n.
Finery of a kind to please a child.
n.
The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.
n.
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.