babble
Talk without sense
Babble is rapid, incoherent speech—the sounds a baby makes before learning words, or what adults produce when excited, confused, or delirious: The fever had him babbling nonsense.
A brook babbles when it makes continuous murmuring sounds over stones.
Babble can also mean idle chatter or gossip: office babble, the babble of the crowd.
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- rambleMove or speak without direction
- natterLight, aimless conversation
yammer · yak · prate · gabble · twitter · tattle · run on · go on
Soft avian vocalization
Flow with bubbling sounds
- gurgleBubbling liquid sound
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
- trickleThin, slow stream
purl · splash · flow · brook · rivulet · rushing · bubbling · cascade
Unintelligible speech or writing
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
poppycock · jabberwocky · claptrap · hogwash · piffle · bunkum · tommyrot · baloney
Light, rapid speech
- tattleReveal another's wrongdoing
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
grapevine · tittle-tattle · scuttlebutt · buzz · dirt · idle talk · loose lips · spread
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- rambleMove or speak without direction
natter · yammer · yak · prate · gabble · twitter · tattle · run on · go on · waffle
coo
Soft avian vocalization
prattle · cooing · murmur · first words · mama · dada · baby talk
burble
Flow with bubbling sounds
trickle · purl · splash · flow · brook · rivulet · rushing · bubbling · cascade · lap
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
twaddle · poppycock · jabberwocky · claptrap · hogwash · piffle · bunkum · tommyrot · baloney · mumbo-jumbo
chatter
Light, rapid speech
hearsay · grapevine · tittle-tattle · scuttlebutt · buzz · dirt · idle talk · loose lips · spread · blab
mumble
Speak softly, indistinctly
gibber · splutter · stammer · stutter · incoherent · jumble · mutter · indistinct · unclear · rambling
- chatterchat, chatter, chatting, chitchat, chit-chat
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- empty talkidle talk, hot air, idle chatter, drivel, blather
- gibberishgibberish, nonsense, drivel, garble, gobbledygook
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- nonsense talkjabbering, prattling, blathering, gibberish, drivel
- babbling brookSmall stream making sounds