| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Informal. To impair or destroy the composure of: agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, shake (up), toss, unsettle, upset. See CALM. 2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially. Also used with on: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, 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, chatter, clack, clatter. See SOUNDS.
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