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Smatter

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

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Blab 76% 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 76% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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Busy 76% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Chatter 76% connected

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

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Clack 76% 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 76% connected

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

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Gibber 76% connected

A balky horse.

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Maunder 76% connected

To beg.

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Occupy 76% connected

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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Palaver 76% connected

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

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piffle 76% connected

Nonsense or trivial talk

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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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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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Tattle 76% connected

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

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Tittle-tattle 76% connected

Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

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Twaddle 76% connected

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

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Prate 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prate 74% connected

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

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Smattering 74% connected

A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

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Smattering 74% connected

A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

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Babble 92% connected

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

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Dabble 92% connected

To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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