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bibble-babble
▪ I. bibble-babble, n. (ˈbɪb(ə)lˌbæb(ə)l) Also 6 bybell-babbel, byble-, bible-bable, bybble-babble. [Intensive reduplication of babble: cf. tittle-tattle, pit-pat, etc.] Idle or empty talk; prating. (Very common in 16th c.)1532 More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 754/1, I..will cutte of all his bybell ba...
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To Perrot's fury, they even demanded to see his accounts; he complained-
It angers me to make this bibble-babble account, fitter to be told to boys than
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pibble-babble
ˈpibble-ˌpabble, pibble-babble alterations of bibble-babble.1599 Shakes. Hen. V iv. i. 72 There is no tiddle tadle nor pibble bable in Pompeyes Campe. 1953 Essays & Stud. VI. 112 Our South Wales dialect in English, a pibble-pabble inadequate to the demands of a full and varied literature. 1959 20th ...
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dibble-dabble
ˈdibble-ˈdabble colloq. or dial. [Reduplication of dabble, the form expressing repetition with alternation of intensity, as in bibble-babble, tittle-tattle, zig-zag, etc.] lit. An irregular course of dabbling or splashing; fig. rubbish; also, uproar with violence.c 1550 Bale K. Johan (Camden) 7 They...
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babble
▪ I. babble, v. (ˈbæb(ə)l) Forms: 3–4 babel, 4–8 -le, 6 -yl, -il, 6– babble. [Cf. Du. and LG. babbelen, Ger. pappelen (bappelen), Da. bable, Icel. babbla (not known in OE., ON., OHG); F. babill-er, 15th c. in Littré: cf. also It. babbolare to play the baby. In some of these languages probably adopte...
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dib
▪ I. dib, n.1 dial. [A variant of dip n.: cf. dib v.1] A dip; a small hollow in the ground.1847–78 Halliwell, Dib, a valley. North. 1869 Lonsdale Gloss., Dib, a dip. 1876 F. K. Robinson Whitby Gloss., Dib, a slight concavity on the ground's surface. 2. Comb. dibboard, the dip or inclination of a sea...
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chit-chat
▪ I. chit-chat, n. (ˈtʃɪttʃæt) [Formed by reduplication from chat n.1; cf. tittle-tattle, bibble-babble, etc. The reduplication implies repetition or reciprocation, possibly with diminutive effect. Johnson says ‘A word only used in ludicrous conversation’; it is now quite serious, though familiar.] ...
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