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Definition: BABBLED |
BABBLEDImperative & past participle1. Of Babble |
Date "BABBLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: BABBLED |
| English words defined with "BABBLED": babble, blather, blether, blither ♦ smatter. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Her rosy lips babbled with enchantment. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She babbled on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "BABBLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "BABBLED" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 90% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 6.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BABBLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | å" å¨ (Babbling, Nagged, Nagging). (various references) | |
French | bavardées, bavardée, bavardé, bavardâmes, bavarda. (various references) | |
German | stammelte (stammered), gestammelte, geschwafelt. (various references) | |
Italian | balbettato; cianciato. (various references) | |
Korean | 놀소리하ëŠ". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abbledbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | murmurado, comentado,falado. (various references) | |
Spanish | balbuceado. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"BABBLED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babale, bable, baubled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BABBLED" (pronounced ba"buld) |
| 5 | -a" b u l d | dabbled. |
| 4 | -b u l d | ambled, assembled, bubbled, cabled, cobbled, corbelled, crumbled, dibbled, disabled, disassembled, doubled, dribbled, enabled, enfeebled, fabled, fumbled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grumbled, hobbled, humbled, jumbled, labeled, labelled, libeled, marbled, mislabeled, mumbled, nibbled, rambled, reassembled, redoubled, resembled, rumbled, scrambled, scribbled, squabbled, stumbled, tabled, trebled, trembled, troubled, tumbled, unlabeled, untroubled, wobbled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, angled, annulled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, buckled, bundled, bungled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, coddled, commingled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dimpled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enameled, encircled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, funneled, giggled, grappled, grizzled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, huddled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, kindled, knuckled, ladled, leveled, levelled, mangled, manhandled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rankled, rattled, raveled, recycled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, subtitled, swindled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trickled, tripled, trundled, tussled, unbridled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: blabbed. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-b-d-e-l" | |
-1 letter: babble, dabble. | |
-2 letters: babel, baled, blade. | |
-3 letters: abbe, abed, able, babe, bade, bald, bale, bead, blab, blae, bleb, bled, dale, deal, lade, lead. | |
-4 letters: alb, ale, bad, bal, bed, bel, dab, dal, deb, del, ebb, eld, lab, lad, lea, led. | |
-5 letters: ab, ad, ae, al, ba, be, de, ed, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-b-d-e-l" | |
+1 letter: bedabble, brabbled. | |
+2 letters: bedabbled, bedabbles, blabbered. | |
+3 letters: bedabbling, bubblehead. | |
+4 letters: bubbleheads. | |
+5 letters: bubbleheaded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 42 42 4C 45 44 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -... -... .-.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01000010 01000010 01001100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A B B L E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0042 0042 004C 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36353636463938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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