babble, utter twaddle
worthless or tedious talk or writing, prattle, chatter
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Twaddle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i. & t.)
To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
(n.)
Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSilly talk; gabble; fustian.
twaddle
\twad"dle\ (?), v. i. & t. [see twattle.] to talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
twaddle
\twad"dle\, n. silly talk; gabble; fustian. i have put in this chapter on fighting because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. hughes.
twaddle
n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh]
v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
Noun
1. pretentious or silly talk or writing
(synonym) baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
(derivation) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
Verb
1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
(synonym) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(hypernym) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(hyponym) babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither
(derivation) twaddler
Twaddle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
As a common noun, means "idle talk, nonsense".
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