babbling

noun
UK /ˈbæb.əl.ɪŋ/
US /ˈbæb.əl.ɪŋ/

Babbling is the soft baby sounds a little one makes before learning real words.

The baby's happy babbling made everyone in the room smile.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The sound of water flowing gently over rocks.

We fell asleep to the babbling of the stream outside our tent.

3. Silly or confused talk that does not make much sense.

Ignore his babbling about aliens; he is just tired.

4. The act of speaking quickly and excitedly in a way that is hard to follow.

Her excited babbling about the trip went on for ten minutes.