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| Main Entry: |
patter
[pat-er]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light walk; soft beat |
| Synonyms: | chatter, pad, pat, pelt, pitapat, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, rattle, scurry, scuttle, skip, tap, tiptoe, trip |
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| Main Entry: | patter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gab, chatter |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, clack, hold forth, jabber, jaw, prate, prattle, rattle, spiel*, spout, tattle, yak, yakety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
| Synonyms: | blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak, yakkety yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | argot, dialect, diction, idiom, language, lingo, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | dialect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | local speech |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, localism, patois, patter, pronunciation, provincialism, regionalism, slang, terminology, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Main Entry: | jargon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specialized language; dialect |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, argot, balderdash, banality, bombast, bunk, buzzwords, cant, cliché, colloquialism, commonplace term, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, hackneyed term, idiom, insipidity, lexicon, lingo, mumbo jumbo, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, overused term, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, rigmarole, shoptalk, slang, slanguage, speech, stale language, street talk, tongue, trite language, twaddle, usage, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint; influential communication |
| Synonyms: | clue, indication, information, lead, patter, persuasion, pitch, prepared speech, song and dance, spiel* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lingo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialect spoken by a group |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, patois, patter, slang, speech, talk, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk quietly; walk ploddingly |
| Synonyms: | creep, go barefoot, hike, march, patter, pitter-patter, plod, pussyfoot, sneak, steal, traipse, tramp, trek, trudge |
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