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An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

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  1. n. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
  2. n. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
  3. n. A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
  4. n. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  5. n. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
  6. 1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets. Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange. 2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent. 3. (Zoöl.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
  7. A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlikebirds, having a chattering note.
  8. n:100 n. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae