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111cant — I. n. 1. Whining talk, pious prating, sanctimonious phrases. 2. Hypocrisy, affected piety, sham holiness. 3. Peculiar form of speech, professional parlance, partisan vocabulary, shibboleths of sect, popular cry. 4. Slang, jargon, low language,… …
112drivel — I. v. n. 1. Slaver, slobber, drool. 2. Dote, be imbecile, be foolish. II. n. 1. Slaver, drivelling. 2. Nonsense, balderdash, stuff, foolish talk, nonsense, twaddle, twattle, imbecile prating. See prate …
113fiddle-faddle — I. n. (Colloq.) Nonsense, trifling, frivolity, stuff, twaddle, twattle, prate, gabble, gibberish, gibble gabble. II. a. (Colloq.) Foolish, nonsensical, trifling, frivolous, trivial, idle, fiddling, twattling, prating, gabbling …
114babble — 1. verb 1) Betty babbled about the stupidest things Syn: prattle, rattle on, chatter, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, prate, ramble, burble, blather; informal gab, yap, yak, yabber, yatter, yammer, blabber …
115patter — I 1. verb 1) raindrops pattered against the window Syn: go pitter patter, tap, drum, beat, pound, rat a tat, go pit a pat, thrum 2) she pattered across the floor Syn: scurry, scuttle, skip …
116chat — vb Chat, gab, chatter, patter, prate, prattle, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber denote to emit a loose and ready flow of inconsequential talk or as nouns the talk so emitted. To chat is to talk in light, easy, and pleasant fashion {in easy mirth we …
117garrulity — garrulity, garrulousness talkativeness, loquacity, volubility, glibness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: *verbiage: prolixity, verboseness, diffuseness, wordiness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): chattering, prating, babbling,… …
118garrulousness — garrulity, garrulousness talkativeness, loquacity, volubility, glibness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: *verbiage: prolixity, verboseness, diffuseness, wordiness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): chattering, prating, babbling,… …
119loquacious — garrulous, voluble, glib, *talkative Analogous words: fluent, *vocal, articulate, glib, eloquent, voluble: chatting or chatty, gabbing or gabby, chattering, prating, jabbering (see corresponding verbs at CHAT) Contrasted words: reserved, taciturn …
120loquacity — loquacity, loquaciousness garrulity, volubility, glibness, talkativeness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: chattering or chatter, chatting or chat, gabbing or gab, prating or prate, jabbering or jabber (see CHAT vb): fluency, articulateness …
