Meaning

3 senses
  1. Someone who babbles.

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  2. Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).

  3. (dated)A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.

More definitions
  • any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
  • an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
someone who babbles:

Origin

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.

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Forms

plural: babblers
Singularbabbler
Pluralbabblers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae:cackler
  • an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker:chattererpraterchatterboxmagpiespouter

Word family

17 related words

See also

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