babble
verb/ˈbæbəl/
Frequency rank: #16,105 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish or meaningless way.
Example sentence
The tourists could hear children babble excitedly near the fountain.
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