idle+talk

  • 1idle talk — idle chatter, chit chat, unimportant talk …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2idle talk — noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑prate, ↑prattle, ↑blether, ↑chin music • Derivationally related forms: ↑blether (for: ↑bl …

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  • 3idle talk — Synonyms and related words: babble, babblement, back fence gossip, bavardage, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blah blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitchat, chitter chatter, clack, clatter, gab, gabble,… …

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  • 4idle — [īd′ l] adj. idler, idlest [ME idel < OE, empty, akin to Ger eitel, vain, empty < ? IE base * ai dh, to burn, shine: basic sense, either “only apparent, seeming” or “burned out”] 1. a) having no value, use, or significance; worthless;… …

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  • 5talk — [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed,… …

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  • 6talk — Synonyms and related words: accent, accents, address, advertise, after dinner speech, air, allocution, analyze, argot, assignment, babble, back fence gossip, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bat the breeze, be in connection, be in contact, be… …

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  • 7idle — idleness, n. idly, adv. /uyd l/, adj., idler, idlest, v. idled, idling, n. adj. 1. not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers. 2. not spent or filled with activity: idle hours. 3. not in use or operation; not kept busy: idle… …

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  • 8idle — i•dle [[t]ˈaɪd l[/t]] adj. i•dler, i•dlest, 1) not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing 2) not filled with activity: idle hours[/ex] 3) not in use or operation: idle machinery[/ex] 4) habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy 5) of… …

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  • 9idle — /ˈaɪdl / (say uydl) adjective (idler, idlest) 1. unemployed, or doing nothing: idle workers. 2. unoccupied, as time: idle hours. 3. not kept busy or in use or operation: idle machinery. 4. habitually doing nothing or avoiding work. 5. of no real… …

  • 10talk — talk1 W1S1 [to:k US to:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conversation)¦ 2¦(serious subject)¦ 3¦(say words)¦ 4¦(a speech)¦ 5¦(secret information)¦ 6 talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc 7 talk (some) sense into somebody 8 talk to yourself 9 know what you are talking… …

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