babbled
past simple and past participle ofbabble
babble
verb
uk/ˈbæb.əl/us/ˈbæb.əl/babbleverb(TALK)
[IorT]
totalkor say something in aquick,confused,excited, orsillyway:
Thechildrenbabbledexcitedlyamong themselves.
She was babbling somethingaboutherringbeingstolen.
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
babbleverb(WATER NOISE)
[I]literary
(of astream) to make thelow,continuousnoiseofwaterflowingoverstones:
Theyresteda while by a babblingbrook.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesofbabbled
babbled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A potential concern in the present study is the inclusion ofbabbledutterances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The bottom panel shows a disyllabic tone in anotherbabbledutterance produced by the same child.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although manybabbledutterances are monosyllabic, it is more typical for an infant to produce strings of two or more syllables.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Babbledjoint rotations induce spatial displacements of the end effector denoted by x, displacements that are measured by our stereohead vision system.
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The proposed dominance of the frame is considered to result from the virtual absence of an active role of articulators other than the mandible duringbabbledutterances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Ibabbled, and he drew - buildings, streets, characters and landscapes.
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- cheesed off
- cheesed-off
- cheesehead
- cheese knife
- cheese-knife
- cheesemaker
- cheesemaking
- cheese-off
- cheeseparing
- cheese sb off
- cheese-sb-off
- cheese someone off
- cheesesteak
- cheesy
- cheetah
- chef
- chef de partie
- chef-de-partie
- chef-d'oeuvre
- chef-d-oeuvre
- chefs-d'oeuvre
- chefs-d-oeuvre
- chef's knife
- chef-s-knife
- chelate