| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blab, blabber, chat, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk. Slang : gab, gas, yak. See WORDS. | | VERB: | 1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle. See WORDS. 2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, 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. 3. To make or cause to make a succession of short, sharp sounds: brattle, clack, clatter, rattle. See SOUNDS.
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