The Clue
Like some brooks (8 letter answer)
The Answer
BABBLING
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Notes
The answer BABBLING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
BABBLING as a noun:
1. (babble, babbling, lallation) = gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
BABBLE as a verb:
1. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
2. (babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither) = to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
3. (ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle) = flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
4. (spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out) = divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
BABBLING as an adjective:
1. (blathering, blithering, jabbering, babbling) = talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate"
2. continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water; "a babbling brook"