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twad·dle
/ˈtwɑdḷ/
廢話,閒聊(
vi
.)講廢話
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Twad·dle
v.
i
. & t.
To
talk
in
a
weak
and
silly
manner
,
like
one
whose
faculties
are
decayed
;
to
prate
;
to
prattle
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Twad·dle
,
n.
Silly
talk
;
gabble
;
fustian
.
I
have
put
in
this
chapter
on
fighting
. . .
because
of
the
cant
and
twaddle
that's
talked
of
boxing
and
fighting
with
fists
now-a-days
.
--
T
.
Hughes
.
◄
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
twaddle
n
:
pretentious
or
silly
talk
or
writing
[
syn
:
baloney
,
boloney
,
bilgewater
,
bosh
,
drool
,
humbug
,
taradiddle
,
tarradiddle
,
tommyrot
,
tosh
]
v
:
speak
(
about
unimportant
matters
)
rapidly
and
incessantly
[
syn
:
chatter
,
piffle
,
palaver
,
prate
,
tittle-tattle
,
clack
,
maunder
,
prattle
,
blab
,
gibber
,
tattle
,
blabber
,
gabble
]
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