babbled

Talked without sense

Babbled is the past tense of babble—to talk rapidly and continuously in a way that's hard to follow or makes little sense.

Babies babble before they can form words.

Adults babble when excited, nervous, or incoherent: She babbled on about her vacation plans.

Water babbles when it flows with a continuous murmuring sound: The brook babbled over the rocks.

childlike

prattled

Talked idly at length

blabbered · giggled · squealed · toddler · innocent · playful · naive · youthful · curious · imitative

incoherent

mumbled

Spoke indistinctly

stuttered · rambled · murmured · jumbled · unintelligible · disjointed · fragmented · delirious · feverish · raving

gossip

chattered

Talked quickly, trivially

gossiped · leaked · spilled · revealed · divulged · indiscreet · secrets · rumors · loose-lipped · blabbermouth

stream

gurgled

Made bubbly water sounds

trickled · splashed · brook · creek · rivulet · flowing · bubbling · cascading · meandering · musical

emotional

sobbed

Wept audibly and convulsively

whimpered · exclaimed · shrieked · blurted · gushed · hysterical · breathless · frantic · tearful · agitated

Opposites
speech coherence

babbledarticulated

Having segments that bend

enunciated · discoursed · orated · expounded · declaimed

vocal presence vs. silence

babbledkept quiet

said nothing · clammed up · fell silent · hushed · shut up

verbal restraint and control

babbledheld back

Kept from advancing

Phrases
Family

babble, babbling, babbles, babbler, babblers, babblings

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G