chattering

  • 91cold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. iciness; ailment, flu. adj. chilling (see cold); unheated; unresponsive, indifferent, unenthusiastic. See cold, disease, insensibility. II Condition of low temperature Nouns 1. cold, coldness,… …

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  • 92Loquacity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Loquacity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 loquacity loquacity loquaciousness Sgm: N 1 talkativeness talkativeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 garrulity garrulity Sgm: N 1 multiloquence multiloquence much speaking GRP …

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  • 93jargon — (n.) mid 14c., unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering, from O.Fr. jargon a chattering (of birds), also language, speech, especially idle talk; thieves Latin. Ultimately of echoic origin (Cf. L. garrire to chatter, English gargle).… …

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  • 94magpie — (n.) the common European bird, known for its chattering, c.1600, earlier simply pie (early 13c.); first element from MAG (Cf. Mag), nickname for Margaret, long used in proverbial and slang English for qualities associated generally with women,… …

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  • 95gibbering — adj. stuttering; chattering gib·ber || dʒɪbÉ™(r) n. inarticulate speech, stuttering; chattering, foolish speech v. stutter; mumble; speak in an inarticulate manner; chatter, babble …

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  • 96prate — v 1. palaver, blab, bleat, Inf. gab; gush, Inf. spout, Sl. run off or on at the mouth; gossip, buzz, tell tales, repeat everything one hears; be loquacious or talkative, ramble, maunder. 2. babble, twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, drivel; talk… …

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  • 97chatter — chat•ter [[t]ˈtʃæt ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to talk rapidly, continuously, and often purposelessly; jabber 2) to utter rapid, inarticulate speechlike sounds, as a monkey or bird 3) to make a rapid clicking noise by striking together: teeth chattering… …

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  • 98chatter — /ˈtʃætə / (say chatuh) verb (i) 1. to utter a succession of quick, inarticulate, speech like sounds: a chattering monkey. 2. to talk rapidly and to little purpose; jabber. 3. to make a rapid clicking noise by striking together, as the teeth from… …

  • 99chatterati — /tʃætəˈrati/ (say chatuh rahtee) plural noun individuals in the chattering classes, especially in the media. {blend of chattering classes and literati} …

  • 100flibbertigibbet — /ˈflɪbətidʒɪbət/ (say flibuhteejibuht) noun 1. a chattering or flighty person, usually a child. 2. (upper case) Obsolete (the name of a fiend.) {earlier flepergebet, flipergebet, flibbergib, ? imitative of the sound of chattering} …