Tra từ babble - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
• Syn:
babbling, lallation
• Derivationally related forms:
babble (for: babbling)
• Hypernyms:
gibberish, gibber

II - verb

1. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way (Freq. 3)
- The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
• Derivationally related forms:
babbler, babbling
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue babble
2. to talk foolishly (Freq. 2)
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
• Syn:
blather, smatter, blether, blither
• Derivationally related forms:
blether (for: blether), blather (for: blather), babbler, babbling
• Hypernyms:
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle,
twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber,
tattle, blabber, gabble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue babble
3. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- babbling brooks
• Syn:
ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
• Derivationally related forms:
gurgle (for: gurgle), bubble (for: bubble), bubbler (for: bubble), ripple (for: ripple)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Group:
gurgle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. divulge confidential information or secrets
- Be careful--his secretary talks
• Syn:
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab,
peach, sing, babble out, blab out
• Ant:
keep quiet (for: talk)
• Derivationally related forms:
singing (for: sing), blabber (for: blab), tattle (for: tattle), tattler (for: tattle), talkative (for: talk), talk (for: talk)
• Hypernyms:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Verb Group:
spill, talk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: blab out)
- Somebody ----s something (for: babble out)