Babel - English meaning

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble

noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The constant babbling of the kids

adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The noise of babbling tourists

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

A scene of uproar and confusion.

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There was bedlam in the courtroom

noun

Complete disorder and confusion

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In the bedlam of shouting, screaming, running people, some ran toward the stage.

noun

Complete disorder and confusion.

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Snow caused chaos in the region

noun

A state of disorder and confusion

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Repairs to the major highway this summer will bring chaos to commuters., the house is a little chao…

noun

A noisy mock serenade performed by a group of people to celebrate a marriage or mock an unpopular person.

Usage examples:

Friends gave them a joyous charivari, with much banging and bell-ringing

noun

A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.

Usage examples:

The questions rose to a clamour

verb

(of a group of people) shout loudly and insistently.

Usage examples:

The surging crowds clamoured for attention

verb

To make a loud complaint or demand

Usage examples:

The children were all clamouring for attention., [ + to infinitive ] she clamours to go home as soo…

noun

A state of confused and noisy disturbance.

Usage examples:

She was distracted by a commotion across the street

noun

A sudden, brief period of noise, confusion, or excited movement

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was a commotion outside the embassy.

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

Usage examples:

[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

noun

A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.

Usage examples:

The fans made an awful din

verb

Make (someone) learn or remember an idea by constant repetition.

Usage examples:

A runner-up, he dinned into them, was a loser

noun

Any of a series of technical standards originating in germany and used internationally, especially to designate electrical connections, film speeds, and paper sizes.

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A din socket

noun

A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people.

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A hubbub of laughter and shouting

noun

A commotion; a fuss.

Usage examples:

Remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball?

noun

Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.

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There was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked

noun

Noisy confusion and wild excitement

Usage examples:

Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was read.

noun

A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.

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A squash racket

verb

Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise.

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Trains racketed by

noun

An object consisting of a net fixed tightly to an oval frame with a long handle, used in various sports for hitting a ball

Usage examples:

A tennis/squash racket, who’s making such a racket?

noun

A number of people or things in a more or less straight line.

Usage examples:

Her villa stood in a row of similar ones

verb

Propel (a boat) with oars.

Usage examples:

Out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy

noun

A spell of rowing.

Usage examples:

The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat s…

noun

Long, loud piercing cries expressing extreme emotion or pain.

Usage examples:

Neighbours heard screaming and shouting and decided to dial 999

adjective

Giving a long, loud, piercing cry or cries.

Usage examples:

A harassed parent with a screaming child

verb

Give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain.

Usage examples:

They could hear him screaming in pain

verb

(of a person) utter a loud cry, typically as an expression of a strong emotion.

Usage examples:

She shouted for joy

noun

A loud cry expressing a strong emotion or calling attention.

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His words were interrupted by warning shouts

noun

One's turn to buy a round of drinks.

Usage examples:

‘do you want another drink? my shout.’

noun

An uproar; a row.

Usage examples:

The snp must not allow itself to be bullied in the stramash over the commons vote

noun

A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

Usage examples:

A tumult of shouting and screaming broke out

noun

Noise and excitement, or a state of confusion, change, or uncertainty

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[ u ] mental tumult, [ c usually sing ] a tumult of emotion, [ u ] the garden sits amid the tumult …

noun

A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance.

Usage examples:

The room was in an uproar

noun

Loud complaints esp. by angry people, or a noisy state of confusion

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was an uproar over the proposed rent increases.

verb

Shout in a loud, sharp way.

Usage examples:

You heard me losing my temper and yelling at her

noun

A loud, sharp cry of pain, surprise, or delight.

Usage examples:

Her foot slipped and she gave a yell of fear

noun

An extremely amusing person or thing.