foolish+talk

  • 41bab´bling|ly — bab|ble «BAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to make sounds like a baby: »My baby brother babbles and coos in his crib. 2. to talk foolishly; prattle: »She babbled on and on about her new dress. SYNONYM(S): gabble …

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  • 42bab´ble|ment — bab|ble «BAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to make sounds like a baby: »My baby brother babbles and coos in his crib. 2. to talk foolishly; prattle: »She babbled on and on about her new dress. SYNONYM(S): gabble …

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  • 43bab|ble — «BAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to make sounds like a baby: »My baby brother babbles and coos in his crib. 2. to talk foolishly; prattle: »She babbled on and on about her new dress. SYNONYM(S): gabble …

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  • 44gabble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cackle; chatter, prattle, blab; gibber, gab (inf.), chin (sl.), jaw (sl.). See loquacity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jabber, chatter, rattle; see babble . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To talk… …

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  • 45blather — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. drivel, foolishness, claptrap, twaddle, *bull. see nonsense II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle. See WORDS. II… …

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  • 46chatter — v 1. jabber, prattle, cackle, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; babble, prate, tattle, twaddle, Brit. twattle; patter, gabble, blather, drivel; mutter, mumble, splutter, sputter, stammer; chit chat, chitter chatter, chaffer, bandy words; gossip …

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  • 47blather — /ˈblæðə / (say bladhuh) noun 1. foolish talk. –verb (i) 2. to talk foolishly. –verb (t) 3. to utter foolishly. Also, blether. {Middle English, from Old Norse blaðra talk nonsense} …

  • 48drivel — [n] foolish talk babble, balderdash*, blather, bunk*, double talk, gibberish, gobbledygook*, Greek*, hogwash*, hooey*, jabber*, nonsense, poppycock*, prating, rot*, rubbish*, tripe*, twaddle*; concept 278 Ant. sense drivel [v1] talk foolishly… …

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  • 49trash — trash1 [trash] n. [prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. trask, lumber, trash, akin to ON tros, broken twigs < IE base * der , to tear, split off > TEAR1] 1. parts that have been broken off, stripped off, etc., esp. leaves, twigs, husks, and… …

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  • 50blath|er — «BLATH uhr», noun, verb. –n. foolish talk; nonsense. –v.i., v.t. to talk or utter foolishly; talk nonsense. Also, blether, blither. ╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic bladhr)] …

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