Baby talk

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children. uncountable

    "Meronym: babble word"

  2. 2
    the developing speech of a young child wordnet
  3. 3
    The prelanguage, and subsequent developing language, used by small children, incorporating crying, cooing, and babbling in sequence before the acquisition of adult language capabilities. uncountable

    "Meronyms: babble word, goo goo ga ga"

  4. 4
    an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child wordnet

Synonyms

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babblesbabytalkmothereseprattles

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"[...] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with. Her whole aspect was that of a girl who at the drop of a hat would start talking baby talk."

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