twaddle

twaddle
n
1. blather, blathering, twaddling, Brit. twattle, Brit. twattling; drivel, nonsense, moonshine, Fr. bavardage. gobbledegook, humbug, flummery, Sl. bunk, rubbish, Inf. rot, Sl. garbage, Sl. horsefeathers; balderdash, hogwash, stuff and nonsense, Inf. bosh, Brit. Sl. tosh, fudge, foolishness, rigmarole; poppycock, Inf. fiddle-faddle, Inf. piffle, Inf. kibosh, Inf. flapdoodle.
2. babble, babbling, babblement, prattle, prattling, prate, prating; gibber, gibbering, gibberish, jabber, jabbering, Jabberwocky, Sl. gibber-jabbering; chatter, chattering, cackle, cackling; chit-chat, small talk, gossip, tittle-tattle, Inf. scuttlebutt, buzz, idle talk, Inf. gab, Sl. bull; palaver, claptrap, Sl. hot air, Sl. gas.
v
3. prate, Brit. twattle, babble, blather, drivel; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one's hat; jabber, gibber, Sl. gibber-jabber, jargon; chatter, chipper, prattle, cackle; chit-chat, chitter-chatter, chaffer, bandy words; talk idly, Sl. shoot the breeze, Sl. gas, Sl. gab, Sl. bull or shoot the bull; gossip, tittle-tattle, Inf. spout, Sl. run off or on at the mouth

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