This week’s theme
Words described using their anagrams

This week’s words
listerize
adulatory
babble
metathesis
blate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(BAB-uhl)

MEANING:

noun:	1. Foolish, excited, or incoherent chatter.
	2. A murmuring sound, for example of flowing water.
verb intr.:	1. To talk excitedly, excessively, or incomprehensibly.
	2. To make a murmuring sound, as flowing water.
verb tr.:	1. To say something rapidly, excitedly, or incoherently.
	2. To reveal something confidential carelessly.

ANAGRAM:

babbled = blabbed

ETYMOLOGY:

Probably from the repetition of the syllable ba, which occurs in a child’s early speech. Earliest documented use: 1250. The word babel (as in the Tower of Babel) has nothing to do with babbling or blabbing.

USAGE:

“The babble of voices, clinking chips and glasses, and gruff mirth assaulted Tyree’s ears.”
Ralph Compton & David Robbins; The Evil Men Do; Signet; 2015.

See more usage examples of babble in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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