Twaddle

//ˈtwɒdəl// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. uncountable

    "You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!"

  2. 2
    pretentious or silly talk or writing wordnet
  3. 3
    One who twaddles; a twaddler. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.

    "To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling."

  2. 2
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
chatterabsurdityamphigorybabblebabblebabblement

Example

More examples

"If I have to listen to Mary's twaddle any further, I'll get mad."

Etymology

Etymology 1

An alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.

Etymology 2

Variant of Tweedle.

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