idle+talk
101waurd — [akin to Eng word] : word. Deriv. waurdahs verbally, waurdei (*) talk. Comp. andawaurdi answer, andwaurdjan answer, aglaitiwaurdei awkward speech, dwalawaurdei stupid talk, filuwaurdei much talk, filuwaurdjan talk too much, gabaurthiwaurd birth… …
102babble — 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 ( …
103babble — v 1. gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; mutter, mumble, splutter, sputter; stammer, stutter. 2. chatter, chipper, prattle, cackle; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, drivel; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one s hat; jabber, prate, bleat, Inf.… …
104cackle — v 1. cluck, chuckle, click, clack; crow, quack. 2. chuckle, chortle, giggle; titter, twitter, te hee, snicker, snigger. 3. chatter noisily, prattle, jabber, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; babble, prate, tattle, twaddle, Brit. twattle; patter …
105chitchat — n 1. small talk, table talk, chatter, chitter chatter, chin chin; gossip, idle talk, talk; tittle tattle, clatter, scandal, Sl. dirt. v 2. gossip, tattle, tittle tattle, talk, Inf. dish the dirt …
106patter — I v 1. tiptoe, walk lightly; scurry, scuttle, trip along, skip, hie. 2. tap, pitter patter, drum, pound, beat; thrum, palpitate, pulsate. 3. spatter, sprinkle, splash, plash; fleck, dapple, stipple. n 4. pitter patter, tapping, rat a tat,… …
107prate — v 1. palaver, blab, bleat, Inf. gab; gush, Inf. spout, Sl. run off or on at the mouth; gossip, buzz, tell tales, repeat everything one hears; be loquacious or talkative, ramble, maunder. 2. babble, twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, drivel; talk… …
108twaddle — 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 …
109palaver — palaverer, palaverist, n. palaverment, n. palaverous, adj. /peuh lav euhr, lah veuhr/, n., v, palavered, palavering. n. 1. a conference or discussion. 2. a long parley, esp. one between primitive natives and European traders, explorers, colonial… …
110gossip — 1. noun a) Someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business. b) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present. Syn: scuttle butt 2. verb …
