1
as in drools
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled
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as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home
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Host Mary Louise Kelly chats with national security correspondent Greg Myre and books and culture reporter Andrew Limbong about some of their favorite books and authors in the world of espionage fiction.—
December 29, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
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Jason Bateman chats with David Letterman at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for a new episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.—
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Hilliker shouts as her family applauds them.—
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Eilish shouts from the open window.—
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Tommy is ready to go to war, but Mireya talks her way free before Tommy arrives.—
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Mark walks differently than you, talks different than you, fights differently than you.—
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.—
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His return rattles a household that has learned how to function without him, especially his wife Astoria, played with quiet resolve by Simone Missick.—
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Advertisement The tragedy that befalls Robert rattles his faith in everything.—
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The father, Man, prattles on about mowing the lawn, painting the fence, and managing their orchard’s irrigation, while the son periodically falls off his chair from boredom.—
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That's why, for weeks, Browns fans, analysts, and even local radio hosts have pressed Cleveland to give Sanders more playing time as the offense sputters under Dillon Gabriel.—
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And can Justin Herbert rev up an offense that sputters in the red zone while likely missing LT Joe Alt to an ankle injury?—
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Your dad mutters for head movement, for cage cutting, for not playing off the back and creating distance.—
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“Babbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babbles. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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