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babblings

babblings is the plural of babbling.

Meaning of babbling

Noun

babbling (countable and uncountable, plural babblings)

  1. (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
  2. sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
  3. Idle senseless talk; prattle.
  4. A confused murmur, as of a stream.

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Questions about babblings

What is babblings the plural of?
Babblings is the plural of babbling.

Words near babblings in the dictionary

  1. babbling
  2. babbling brook
  3. babbling brooks
  4. babbling starling
  5. babblingly
  6. babblings
  7. babbly
  8. Babbs
  9. babby
  10. babby's yed
  11. babchi

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