Twaddle
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intransitive verb.
To talk foolishly; prate.
noun.
Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To babble; gabble; prate; especially, to keep up a foolish, prosy chatter.
noun.
A twaddler.
noun.
Idle, senseless talk; gabble; prosy nonsense.
noun.
Perplexity; confusion.
Grose
, Dict. of Vulgar Tongue.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb.
To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
noun.
Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Empty or silly
idle
talk
or
writing
;
nonsense
,
rubbish
noun.
A
twaddler
.
verb.
To talk or write nonsense; to
prattle
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
pretentious or silly talk or writing
verb.
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Word Usage
"The usual uninspired marketing twaddle is neither."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
bunk
hokum
meaninglessness
nonsense
nonsensicality
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
caudal
coddle
model
remodel
toddle
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
aphorism
babble
balderdash
blundering
bosh
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
absurdity
amphigory
babble
babblement
balderdash
verb-form
twaddled
twaddles
twaddling