Plural of babbling; instances or examples of meaningless chatter, confused speech, or continuous talking without clear purpose.
From 'babble' plus -ing (creating a gerund or present participle noun) plus -s (making it plural). Shows how English can stack suffixes to create new nominal meanings from verbs.
The 'babblings of a brook' or 'babblings of a baby' shows how this word bridges literal (water sounds, infant speech) and figurative (human gossip) meanings—language is beautiful because the same word captures both nature and human behavior.
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