babbling
Infant syllable practice
Babbling describes continuous, rapid talk that's hard to follow—either because it lacks sense or because too much comes at once: The witness was babbling incoherently.
Babies babble before they can speak, producing streams of meaningless but speech-like sounds.
A brook babbles when water tumbles over stones, making a continuous murmuring sound.
Soft murmuring sounds
- gurglingBubbling liquid sound
- gigglingLaughing in short bursts
- babytalkSimplified speech for infants
- nurseryRoom for infants
lullaby · toddler · cradle · preverbal · first words · mama · dada · goo-goo
Inclined to speak much
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- verboseMore words than necessary
- chattyInclined to converse freely
- volubleInclined to talk freely
effusive · long-winded · rambling · blathering · motormouthed · windy · prolix · prattling
Trivial, prolonged speech
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
chitchat · natter · tittle-tattle · small talk · gabbing · palaver · drivel · tattle
Unintelligible speech or writing
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- muddledIn a confused state
confused · disjointed · rambling · incomprehensible · slurred · inarticulate · scrambled · delirious
cooing
Soft murmuring sounds
nursery · lullaby · toddler · cradle · preverbal · first words · mama · dada · goo-goo · crib
talkative
Inclined to speak much
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- verboseMore words than necessary
- chattyInclined to converse freely
voluble · effusive · long-winded · rambling · blathering · motormouthed · windy · prolix · prattling · yammering
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
yammer · chitchat · natter · tittle-tattle · small talk · gabbing · palaver · drivel · tattle · rambling
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
muddled · confused · disjointed · rambling · incomprehensible · slurred · inarticulate · scrambled · delirious · feverish
brook
Small flowing watercourse
gurgle · trickle · murmur · splash · flow · current · watercourse · runnel · spring · cascade
- talkingtalking, chatting, conversing, gabbing, jabbering
- Voice & Speechpitch, tone, squeaky, high-pitched, crying
- child languagefirst words, cooing, language development, speech development, word learning
- Overcommunicationoversharing, rambling, repeating, flooding, bombarding
- invented speechgibberish, gobbledygook, double-talk, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo
- unclear speechmuttering, murmur, slurring, broken speech
babblingarticulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
eloquent · coherent · lucid · well-spoken · clear
- babbling brookSmall stream making sounds