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Babble, v. n.
- 1. Prattle, jabber, chatter, gibber, talk inarticulately.
- 2. Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly. See prate.
- 3. Tell secrets, tattle, blab, let the cat out of the bag.
Babble, v. a.
- 1. Tell (foolishly), prate, utter, prate about.
- 2. Blab, let out, blab about (hither and thither).
Babble, n. Prattle, palaver, chit-chat, gabble, twaddle, chatter, balderdash, platitude, flummery, fustian, wish-wash, stuff, drivel, moonshine, fudge, trash, nonsense, gibberish, gibble-gabble, small talk, idle talk, childish or foolish talk, frothy discourse. See prattle, n.
Babbling, n.
- 1. Prattle. See babble.
- 2. Garrulity, loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness.
Babe, n. Infant, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling (bairn), little one.
Babel, n. Confusion, disorder, tumult, din, discord, jargon, clamor, hubbub, pother, hurly-burly.
Baby, n. Infant. See babe.
Babyhood, n. Infancy, babehood.
Baccalaureate, n. Degree of bachelor of arts.
Baccate, a. (Bot.) Of a pulpy nature (like a berry).
Bacchanal, n. Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian, roysterer, debauchee, bacchant.
Bacchanal, a. Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian.
Bacchanalian, n. and a. See bacchanal.
Bacchanals, n. pl. Revelry, revels, orgies, carousal, debauch, drunken frolic, potation, compotation, wassail, Saturnalia, drunken feasts.
Back, n.
- 1. Upper part, outer part.