| babb | She babbled out the secret to her friend. |
| babb | She is babbling with happiness. |
| babb |
| babbitt | (v) line with a Babbitt metal |
| babbitting | (n) lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal |
| babbitt metal | (n) an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction, Syn. babbitt |
| babble | (n) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby, Syn. babbling, lallation |
| babble | (v) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way, Example: The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention |
| babble | (v) to talk foolishly, Syn. blether, blither, smatter, blather, Example: The two women babbled and crooned at the baby |
| babbler | (n) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae, Syn. cackler |
| Babbitt | v. t. To line with Babbitt metal. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| babbitting | |
| Babbitt metal | [ From the inventor, |
| Babble | v. t. These [ words ] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Babble | n. The babble of our young children. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ] The babble of the stream. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Babble | v. i. In every babbling brook he finds a friend. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Babblement | n. Babble. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Babbler | n. Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Babblery | n. Babble. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ] |