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Dictionary: bab·bler   (băb'lər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that babbles: a babbler of half-truths.
  2. A tape recording of numerous voices talking at the same time, used as an antibugging device to hinder or prevent eavesdropping.

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babbler, common name for some members of the large, diversified family Timaliidae, passerine birds found primarily in wooded areas of Asia, Africa, and Australia. Babblers have soft, fluffy plumage and vary in coloring; various species resemble other birds, and five of the seven groups of babblers are named on this basis-the wren babblers, the tit babblers, the laughing thrushes, and the crow tits, or parrotbills. The wren tit, the only American babbler (found W of the Rockies), is believed to be an offshoot of the crow tits. Other groups are called ground babblers, found in Australia; jungle babblers, distributed in the Philippines; and rock fowl, found in W Africa. Babblers are insectivorous and, as their name suggests, are noisy birds. They are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Timaliidae.


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  Synonyms: chatterer, prater, chatterbox, spouter

Meaning #2: any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
  Synonym: cackler


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sludrechatol

Nederlands (Dutch)
wauwelaar, spraakwaterval, klikspaan

Français (French)
n. - bavard(e)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwätzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πολυλογάς, φλύαρος, τσίχλα (το πουλί), σκυλί που γαβγίζει πολύ

Italiano (Italian)
chiacchierone, parolaio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tagarela (m)

Русский (Russian)
болтун, трепач

Español (Spanish)
n. - charlatán, parlanchín

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pratmakare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
口齿不清的人, 唠叨的人, 牙牙学语的婴儿, 胡言乱语的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 口齒不清的人, 嘮叨的人, 牙牙學語的嬰兒, 胡言亂語的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수다쟁이, 지빠귀(등의) 작은 새, 요리사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バブバブ言う乳児, おしゃべり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طفل يهذي, ثرثار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פטפטן, מגלה סודות‬


 
 
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