A surname.

plural of Babb

(obsolete) babble

(obsolete) Babble

Someone who babbles. / Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (both found in Asia, Africa) and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds / (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

Idle talk; senseless prattle / Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. / A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.

Narrow-minded materialism.

Alternative letter-case form of babbitt metal

Short for babbitt metal, Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).