| v. |
| [1] |
chatter
,
piffle
,
prate
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
clack
,
maunder
,
prattle
,
blab
,
gibber
,
tattle
,
blabber
,
gabble
|
| [2] |
chatter
,
wheedle
,
cajole
,
babble
,
jabber
,
blarney
,
blather/blether
,
coax
,
sweet-talk
,
gossip
,
prattle
,
inveigle
,
prate
,
chit-chat
,
gabble
,
(Brit) natter
,
witter
,
(Colloq) jaw
,
chin-wag
,
(US/Canadian) shoot the breeze
,
(Slang) yack
,
yackety-yack
|
| [3] |
confer
,
consult
,
discuss
,
parley
,
talk
,
converse
,
powwow
,
meet
,
get together
,
sit down (together)
,
confabulate
,
negotiate
,
(Colloq) confab
,
huddle
,
chew the fat/the rag
|
|
| n. |
| [1] |
blandishment
,
nuisance
,
procedure
,
cajolery
,
red tape
,
to-do
,
rigmarole/rigamarole
,
(Colloq) song and dance
,
bother
,
nonsense
,
business
,
carry-on
,
performance
|
| [2] |
chatter
,
hot air
,
empty words
,
babble
,
jabber
,
empty talk
,
rhetoric
,
(empty/small) talk
,
blather/blether
,
gossip
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prattling
,
palavering
,
(Brit) natter
,
nattering
,
(Scots) clishmaclaver
,
(Colloq) jawing
,
hot air
,
(Colloq) (Brit) witter
,
wittering
|
| [3] |
parley
,
talk
,
conference
,
discussion
,
colloquy
,
conversation
,
confabulation
,
meeting
,
get-together
,
round table
,
powwow
,
(Colloq) confab
,
huddle
,
chin-wag
|
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