foolish+talk

  • 31chat´ter|ing|ly — chat|ter «CHAT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to talk constantly in a quick, foolish way about unimportant things: »The children chattered about the circus. SYNONYM(S): babble, prattle. 2. to make quick, indistinct sounds: »Monkeys chatter. Starlings …

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  • 32chat|ter — «CHAT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to talk constantly in a quick, foolish way about unimportant things: »The children chattered about the circus. SYNONYM(S): babble, prattle. 2. to make quick, indistinct sounds: »Monkeys chatter. Starlings chatter… …

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  • 33prate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. chatter, babble. See loquacity. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle. See WORDS. 2. To talk… …

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  • 34prattle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chitchat, babbling, chatter. v. i. murmur, chatter, babble, jabber. See loquacity, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. twaddle, drivel, chatter; see nonsense 1 . v. Syn. gush, jabber, chatter; see babble …

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  • 35blather — n 1. drivel, driveling, blether, Inf. blithering; gushing, blabbing, Inf. spouting, excessive talk; babble, babbling, babblement, prate, prating, foolish talk; twaddle, twaddling, Both Brit. twattle, twattling; prattle, prattling, gibber,… …

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  • 36gibberish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. jargon, double talk. See absurdity, unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jargon, chatter, claptrap; see nonsense 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. babble, gibber, *gobbledegook, mumbo jumbo,… …

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  • 37stunt — {{11}}stunt (n.) feat to attract attention, 1878, Amer.Eng. college sports slang, of uncertain origin. Speculated to be a variant of colloq. stump dare, challenge (1871), or of Ger. stunde, lit. hour. The movie stunt man is attested from 1930.… …

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  • 38babble — I. v. n. 1. Prattle, jabber, chatter, gibber, talk inarticulately. 2. Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly. See prate. 3. Tell secrets, tattle, blab, let the cat out of the bag. II. v. a. 1. Tell ( …

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  • 39jargon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lingo, shoptalk, patois, cant, argot, jive (sl.); double talk; gibberish. See concealment, unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Unintelligible, trite, or pretentious speech] Syn. gibberish, mumbo… …

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  • 40jabberwocky — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or language: abracadabra, double talk, gibberish, gobbledygook, mumbo jumbo. See CLEAR, WORDS. 2. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble …

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