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is babbling
  • present progressive of babble (3rd person singular).

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“If the federal registration of a trademark makes the mark government speech, the federal government is babbling prodigiously and incoherently. It is saying many unseemly things. It is expressing contradictory views.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

He is babbling a lot by doing vowel sounds like ooh, eeh, awws and “talking to us,” but no “mama” or “dada” yet.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2020

“Some of this is heightened awareness because everyone is babbling about it,” he said of the reported rise in computer attacks.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2012

But in other scenes Warwick is babbling and serving drinks to people who are not there.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2011

He does not know what he is babbling.

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew