babble | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babbling, lallation |
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bobble | (noun) the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball | - |
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bubble | (noun) a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic | - |
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(noun) an impracticable and illusory idea | - |
(noun) a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control | Synonyms: house of cards |
(noun) a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) | - |
cobble | (noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | Synonyms: cobblestone, sett |
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dibble | (noun) a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs | Synonyms: dibber |
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dribble | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribbling |
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(noun) saliva spilling from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slobber |
(noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: drip, trickle |
ecobabble | (noun) using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware | - |
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gabble | (noun) rapid and indistinct speech | Synonyms: jabber, jabbering |
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gobble | (noun) the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock | - |
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hobble | (noun) the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg | Synonyms: hitch, limp |
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(noun) a shackle for the ankles or feet | Synonyms: fetter |
kibble | (noun) an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining | - |
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(noun) coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) | - |
knobble | (noun) a small knob | - |
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nibble | (noun) gentle biting | - |
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(noun) a small byte | Synonyms: nybble |
nubble | (noun) a small lump or protuberance | Synonyms: nub |
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nybble | (noun) a small byte | Synonyms: nibble |
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pebble | (noun) a small smooth rounded rock | - |
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psychobabble | (noun) using language loaded with psychological terminology | - |
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quibble | (noun) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | Synonyms: cavil, quiddity |
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rabble | (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | Synonyms: mob, rout |
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(noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff |
rubble | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, dust, junk |
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scrabble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scribble |
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scribble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scrabble |
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(noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scrawl |
squabble | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, tiff |
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stubble | (noun) short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days | - |
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(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw |
technobabble | (noun) technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects | - |
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wobble | (noun) an unsteady rocking motion | - |
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