1
[ adjective ] talking idly or incoherently

Synonyms

gabbling blithering jabbering blathering

Examples

"blithering (or blathering) idiot" "jabbering children" "gabbling housewives" "a babbling hospital inmate"

Related terms

voluble

2
[ adjective ] making speech sounds

Examples

"a babbling baby"

Related terms

voluble

3
[ adjective ] continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water

Examples

: "a babbling brook"

Related terms

ripple

4
[ noun ] gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Synonyms

lallation babble

Related terms

gibberish babble babble

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Rhymes with

bubbling bubbling gambling baffling rambling grappling rattling bumbling baffling fumbling humbling wobbling bumbling rumbling grumbling doubling tumbling stumbling bustling troubling mumbling gambling rambling wobbling doubling haggling paneling travelling traveling dazzling tackling raveling dismantling troubling tumbling rumbling fumbling mumbling struggling smuggling juggling reshuffling puzzling guzzling humbling quibbling dribbling nibbling enabling disabling handling stumbling dismantling grumbling trembling assembling toweling idling mottling modeling fondling throttling nibbling toppling roebling bundling sibling bustling bubbling brawling bustling swashbuckling lulling lolling settling meddling pedaling peddling quibbling recycling dribbling stifling parceling dangling strangling cycling groveling spiraling sparkling spiralling wrangling counseling jostling bumbling belling bundling idling sampling enabling disabling tackling sapling rattling dazzling gatling bungling handling rambling gambling bowling billing boiling angling strangling trembling assembling dissembling dismantling trampling untangling yodeling wrestling leveling tripling marshaling rippling piling hurdling toweling middling quadrupling piddling belittling pauling crippling baffling grappling dwindling tumbling rumbling mumbling fumbling dangling wrangling mottling modeling dawdling coupling toppling cuddling refueling lolling lulling wiggling encircling circling drizzling sizzling calling falling cowling filing galling raveling quibbling brawling swashbuckling mumbling disabling tumbling stumbling wobbling troubling fumbling humbling nibbling rambling grumbling trembling rumbling gambling bubbling baffling dribbling assembling doubling enabling bumbling ling stumbling bungling grumbling billing signaling boiling signalling bowling belling grappling sapling

Phonetic and Homophones

B AE1 B L IH0 NG
B AE1 B AH0 L IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

baffling Babylon bubbling Babylonia Babylonian

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