Dictionary entry

Babbler

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bab″bler (�), n. 1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust.

L'Estrange.

2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

3. (Zoöl.) A name given to any one of a family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.