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Chaffer

One who chaffs.

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Bargain 76% connected

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property f…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Converse 76% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Dicker 76% connected

The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Jawbone 76% connected

The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

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Confabulation 74% connected

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

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Confabulation 74% connected

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

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Synonym 13

Chat 92% connected

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chatter 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chitchat 92% connected

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Claver 92% connected

See Clover.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confab 92% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confabulate 92% connected

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gossip 92% connected

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Haggle 92% connected

To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a st…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Higgle 92% connected

To hawk or peddle provisions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Huckster 92% connected

A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jaw 92% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Natter 92% connected

To find fault; to be peevish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Visit 92% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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