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Chatter

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

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Manner of action 3

Babble 76% connected

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

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Jawbone 76% connected

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

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Smatter 76% connected

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

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Broader term 12

Converse 76% connected

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

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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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…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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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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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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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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Talking 76% connected

of Talk

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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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Prate 76% connected

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

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Prattle 76% 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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Prater 74% connected

One who prates.

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Prater 74% connected

One who prates.

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Synonym 27

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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Blabber 92% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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Cackle 92% connected

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

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Chaffer 92% connected

One who chaffs.

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Chat 92% connected

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

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Chattering 92% connected

of Chatter

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Chitchat 92% connected

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

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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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Claver 92% connected

See Clover.

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Click 92% connected

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

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Confab 92% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

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Confabulate 92% connected

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

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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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Gossip 92% connected

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

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Jaw 92% connected

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

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Maunder 92% connected

To beg.

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Natter 92% connected

To find fault; to be peevish.

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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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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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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.

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Yak 92% connected

A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered wit…

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