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piffle

Nonsense or trivial talk

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Broader term 15

Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Bunk 76% connected

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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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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Nonsense 76% connected

That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

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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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Manner of action 2

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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Derivationally related 4

Betrayer 74% connected

One who, or that which, betrays.

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Betrayer 74% connected

One who, or that which, betrays.

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Prattle 74% 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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Prattle 74% 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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Synonym 15

Balderdash 92% connected

A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.

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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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Blabber 92% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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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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Fiddle-faddle 92% connected

To talk nonsense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gabble 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gibber 92% connected

A balky horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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Prate 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tattle 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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