babbler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
    prater; chatterer; spouter; magpie; chatterbox.
  2. noun any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
    cackler.

WordNet


Bab"bler noun
Definitions
  1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
    Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange.
  2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
  3. (Zoöl.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

Webster 1913