(~s, babbling, ~d)
1.
If someone ~s, they talk in a confused or excited way.
Momma ~d on and on about how he was ruining me...
They all ~d simultaneously...
‘Er, hello, viewers,’ he ~d.
VERB: V on/away , V, V with quote
2.
You can refer to people’s voices as a ~ of sound when they are excited and confused, preventing you from understanding what they are saying.
Kemp knocked loudly so as to be heard above the high ~ of voices...
N-SING: usu N of n