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Definition of Babble out
1. Verb. Divulge confidential information or secrets. "Be careful--his secretary talks"
Generic synonyms: Break, Bring Out, Disclose, Discover, Divulge, Expose, Give Away, Let On, Let Out, Reveal, Unwrap
Related verbs: Spill, Talk
Derivative terms: Blabber, Singing, Talk, Talkative, Tattle, Tattler
Antonyms: Keep Quiet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babble Out
Literary usage of Babble out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... [vt] babble out. Fremragende [a] projecting, |utting out, beetling; [flg]
prominent, eminent, leading; foremost, outstanding. ..."
2. Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings; the Folk-lore of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1880)
"... babble out: “‘ 1-doom-er-ker-kum-mer-ker!” “Was the Fox drowned, Uncle Remus ?“
asked the little boy. ..."
3. The Bookman (1897)
"How much better it would be if the girl were allowed to run in and babble out in
child fashion the miserable news. Then, too, how much simpler and more ..."
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