| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prattle, twaddle. See WORDS. 2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prattle, small talk. Slang : gab, gas, yak. See WORDS. | | VERB: | 1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle. See WORDS. 2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prattle, rattle (on), run on. Informal : go on, spiel. Slang : gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull) . See WORDS.
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