Twaddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To talk foolishly; prate.
  • n. Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish
  • n. A twaddler.
  • v. To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
  • n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To babble; gabble; prate; especially, to keep up a foolish, prosy chatter.
  • n. A twaddler.
  • n. Idle, senseless talk; gabble; prosy nonsense.
  • n. Perplexity; confusion. Grose, Dict. of Vulgar Tongue.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pretentious or silly talk or writing
  • v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  • Verb Form
    twaddled    twaddles    twaddling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hokum    nonsense    nonsensicality    meaninglessness    bunk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prate    prattle    gabble    fustian    commonplace    nonsense    chatter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    caudal    coddle    model    remodel    toddle    waddle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    drivel    gabble    balderdash    flummery    verbiage    platitude    nonsense    gibberish    fustian    moonshine