Bab"bler (?), n.
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. Zool.
A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
© Webster 1913.