Associations to the word «Babbling»

Wiktionary

BABBLING, noun. (uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
BABBLING, noun. (countable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
BABBLING, verb. Present participle of babble

Dictionary definition

BABBLING, noun. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats