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gabbed
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | blabber, blather, buzz*, chatter, gossip, jabber, jaw, prate, prattle, yak, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk, gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, burble, cackle, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, converse, gab, go on, jaw, prate, prattle*, run on, shoot the breeze, yap |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak fast and non-stop |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gas*, gibber, go on and on, gossip, jabber, jaw, natter, palaver, prate, prattle*, tattle, twaddle, twiddle, yak |
| Antonyms: | drawl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
| Synonyms: | advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap, gab, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | chat, chew the fat, chitchat, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab, parley, rap, schmooze, speak, use, yak |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
| Main Entry: | drivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk foolishly |
| Synonyms: | babble, blabber, blather, blethe, gab, gabble, prate, prattle, ramble, twaddle, waffle |
| Main Entry: | jabber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk incessantly and trivially |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, chatter, drivel, gab, go on and on, jaw, mumble, murmur, mutter, prate, ramble, run off at mouth, shoot the breeze, talk, tattle, utter, yak, yap |
| Antonyms: | be silent |
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | babble, chat, chatter, gab, gossip, jabber, lecture, orate, prate, prattle, yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | rattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk aimlessly, endlessly |
| Synonyms: | babble, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, gush, jabber, jaw, list, prate, prattle, reel off, run on, run through, talk a blue streak, talk someone's ear off, yak |
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