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babble

/ˈbæbl/verb

उच्चारण बैबल

बड़बड़ाना, बकबक करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [I, T] ~ (away/on) | ~ (sth)

    to talk quickly in a way that is difficult to understand or sounds silly

    बड़बड़ाना, बकबक करना

    • The baby babbled happily.
    • The toddler babbled to her toys for nearly an hour.
    • The excited children babbled away about their trip to the zoo.
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    • He babbled nonsense after waking from the fever.
    • Nervous speakers sometimes babble when they forget their notes.

    Synonyms chatter prattle jabber gabble blather

    Opposite be silent

  2. 2

    [I]

    (of water) to make the continuous pleasant sound of water running over stones

    (पानी का) कलकल करना

    • a babbling brook
    • The mountain stream babbled over the pebbles as we walked beside it.
    • A small brook babbled through the garden all summer.
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    • We sat by the river and listened to the water babbling.
    • The stream babbled quietly beneath the old stone bridge.

    Synonyms gurgle murmur burble ripple

noun
  1. 1

    [sing.]

    the sound of many people speaking at the same time; talk that is fast and difficult to understand

    बकबक, कोलाहल

    • the babble of voices
    • We could hear the babble of voices from the market long before we reached it.
    • The babble of the crowd rose as the gates opened.
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    • Over the babble of the classroom, I could not hear the bell.
    • A babble of languages filled the busy railway station.

    Synonyms chatter prattle gibberish hubbub din

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

chatter prattle jabber gabble blather gurgle murmur burble ripple gibberish hubbub din

Antonyms

be silent

AaSpelling

bab·ble

?Which word?

Keep the meaningless-talk words together: babble (fast and silly), prattle (talk a lot about unimportant things), jabber (fast and unclear), gibberish (meaningless words), drivel (silly nonsense).

निरर्थक बात के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: babble (तेज़ और मूर्खतापूर्ण), prattle (महत्वहीन बातों पर बहुत बोलना), jabber (तेज़ और अस्पष्ट), gibberish (निरर्थक शब्द), drivel (मूर्खतापूर्ण बकवास)।

Keep the water-sound words: babble, gurgle, murmur, ripple.

पानी की ध्वनि के शब्द याद रखिए: babble, gurgle, murmur, ripple।

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General knowledge

The Tower of Babel story gave the word babel (confused noise of many voices).

Tower of Babel की कहानी से babel (कई आवाज़ों का उलझा शोर) शब्द आया।