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To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

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Verb group 6

Gurgle 84% connected

To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

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Gurgle 84% connected

To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spill 84% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Spill 84% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Talk 84% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Talk 84% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Blab 76% connected

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

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Blabber 76% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chatter 76% connected

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

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Clack 76% connected

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

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Disclose 76% connected

To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

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Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Divulge 76% connected

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which…

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gabble 76% connected

To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

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Gibber 76% connected

A balky horse.

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Gibberish 76% connected

Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Maunder 76% connected

To beg.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Palaver 76% connected

Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.

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piffle 76% connected

Nonsense or trivial talk

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Prate 76% connected

To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

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Prattle 76% connected

To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

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Reveal 76% connected

To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tattle 76% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tittle-tattle 76% connected

Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

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Twaddle 76% connected

To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Uncover 76% connected

To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

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Unwrap 76% connected

To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Derivationally related 8

Bubble 74% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bubble 74% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chatterer 74% connected

A prater; an idle talker.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chatterer 74% connected

A prater; an idle talker.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tattle 74% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tattle 74% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 12

Babbling 92% connected

of Babble

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Blab 92% connected

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bubble 92% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Guggle 92% connected

See Gurgle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gurgle 92% connected

To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lallation 92% connected

An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peach 92% connected

To accuse of crime; to inform against.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ripple 92% connected

An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sing 92% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smatter 92% connected

To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Talk 92% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tattle 92% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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