babbler
n.
one who chatters; gossiper; type of bird from the passerine birds that has a loud babbling call (Zoology); tape recording of several voices talking simultaneously that is used as an anti-bugging apparatus to prevent or disturb eavesdropping
Babbler
babbler
Noun
1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
(synonym) chatterer, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter
(hypernym) speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
(derivation) babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither
2. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
(synonym) cackler
(hypernym) oscine, oscine bird
(member-holonym) Timalia, genus Timalia
Babbler
(n.)
An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
(n.)
A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
(n.)
A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Amorite
bitter; a rebel; a babbler
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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