v. i.
In every babbling brook he finds a friend. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
These [ words ] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The babble of our young children. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
The babble of the stream. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Babble. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Babble. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]