twaddle (redirected from twaddles)

twad·dle  (twdl)

intr.v. twad·dled, twad·dling, twad·dles

To talk foolishly; prate.

n.

Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.

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[Probably variant of dialectal twattle, perhaps alteration of tattle.]

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twaddler n.

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twaddle [ˈtwɒd^əl]

n

silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense

vb

to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way

[C16 twattle, variant of twittle or tittle; see tittle-tattle]

twaddler  n

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Twaddle of public speakers—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	twaddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, taradiddle, tarradiddle hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Verb	1.	twaddle - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"

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twaddle

noun nonsense, rubbish, rot, garbage (informal), balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (slang), gossip, crap (slang), trash, chatter, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rigmarole, blather, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.

Translations

twaddle [ˈtwɒdl] N → tonterías fpl, chorradas fpl, babosadas fpl (LAm) , pendejadas fpl (LAm)

twaddle [ˈtwɒd^əl] n → âneries fpl

twaddle

n (inf) → Geschwätz nt, → dummes Zeug (inf); to talk twaddle → dummes Zeug reden (inf)

twaddle [ˈtwɒdl] n (fam) → scemenze fpl