babblings
Nonsensical infant sounds
Babblings is the plural of babbling, referring to instances of rapid, incoherent, or meaningless speech.
Babies produce babblings as they experiment with sounds before learning words.
Adults may speak in babblings when confused, delirious, or simply talking too much without saying anything of substance.
The word can also describe the continuous murmuring sounds of flowing water: the babblings of a brook.
Unintelligible speech or writing
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
twaddle · gobbledygook · blather · mumbling · ravings · garbled · unintelligible · senseless
Soft murmuring sounds
- gurglingBubbling liquid sound
- goo-gooInfantile vocalization reduplication
- ga-gaExcessively infatuated
- first wordsInfant's earliest speech
prattle · baby talk · motherese · murmuring · toddler · nursery · teething · crawling
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blabberRamble without substance
- tattleReveal another's wrongdoing
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- natteringAimless, trivial chatter
chitchat · gabbing · yammering · jabbering · chattering · tittle-tattle · small talk · idle talk
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
jabber · twaddle · gobbledygook · blather · mumbling · ravings · garbled · unintelligible · senseless · confused
cooing
Soft murmuring sounds
first words · prattle · baby talk · motherese · murmuring · toddler · nursery · teething · crawling · crib
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blabberRamble without substance
- tattleReveal another's wrongdoing
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
nattering · chitchat · gabbing · yammering · jabbering · chattering · tittle-tattle · small talk · idle talk · prating
brook
Small flowing watercourse
burbling · murmuring · trickling · splashing · rippling · rushing · flowing · bubbling · purling · tinkling
babblingseloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
articulations · precise language · rational discourse · pronouncements · declarations
babblingssilence
Total lack of sound
terseness · conciseness · brevity · taciturnity · reticence
- babbling brookSmall stream making sounds