: the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small children
b
: the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk
2
: oversimplified speech or writing
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebMaybe it's being tossed up in the air, or social contact with baby talk. Matt Villano, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 For instance, baby talk is higher pitched than adult talk, and baby song is smoother than adult song.New York Times, 24 July 2022 Peña wore fingerless gloves at all hours and spoke in baby talk. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 The findings suggest that baby talk and baby song serve a function independent of cultural and social forces.New York Times, 24 July 2022 Basically, a kind of baby talk aimed at their pups to guide them towards adult bat language. Mark Stratton, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2021 The handyman Boyle traumatized with baby talk has an alibi, which is revealed to Jake via lullaby. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021 Many of the kids who had stopped speaking in baby talk or sleeping in their parents’ beds, or had started going to the bathroom themselves, have regressed. Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2020 Think of Lewis Carroll’s forensic interest in nonsense, Gertrude Stein’s or Beckett’s experimentation with repetition and baby talk. Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 5 May 2020 See More