| babbitt | (noun) an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction | Synonyms: Babbitt metal |
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| (verb) line with a Babbitt metal | - |
| babbitting | (noun) lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal | - |
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| babble | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babbling, lallation |
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| (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: blather, blether, blither, smatter |
| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
| (verb) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way | - |
| (verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple |
| babbler | (noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae | Synonyms: cackler |
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| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter |
| babbling | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babble, lallation |
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