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Blabber

A tattler; a telltale.

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Babble 76% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

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Smatter 76% connected

To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

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Narrower term 4

Canary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

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Grass 76% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

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Sneak 76% connected

To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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Sneaker 76% connected

One who sneaks.

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Informant 76% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Synonym 17

Betrayer 92% connected

One who, or that which, betrays.

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Blab 92% connected

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

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Chatter 92% connected

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

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Clack 92% connected

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

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Gabble 92% connected

To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

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Gibber 92% connected

A balky horse.

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Informer 92% connected

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

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Maunder 92% connected

To beg.

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Palaver 92% connected

Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.

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piffle 92% connected

Nonsense or trivial talk

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Prate 92% connected

To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

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Prattle 92% connected

To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

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Rat 92% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Squealer 92% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

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Tattle 92% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

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Tittle-tattle 92% connected

Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

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Twaddle 92% connected

To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.

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