bibble-babble

noun

Idle talk; babble.

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chatter
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Meanings

nounbibble-babble (countable and uncountable, plural bibble-babbles)

plural bibble-babbles

  1. countableuncountableIdle talk; babble.

    Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the / heavens restore! Endeavour thyself to sleep and leave / thy vain bibble-babble.

    c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 4, scene 2, lines 95–97

    Synonyms: chatter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounIdle talk; babble.

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chatter
Also see
blatherchattergossippalaverscuttlebutttwaddlewafflewibble

Origin

Reduplication of babble.

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APA

bibble-babble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibble-babble

MLA

“bibble-babble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibble-babble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bibble-babble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibble-babble.

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