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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | rain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop water or other substance |
| Synonyms: | bestow, bucket, come down in buckets, deposit, drizzle, fall, hail, lavish, mist, patter, pour, shower, sleet, sprinkle, storm |
| Notes: | rain is drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; reign is a period during which somebody is dominant or powerful; rein is one of a pair of long leather straps connected to the bit or bridle and used to control a horse or other animal |
| Main Entry: | rustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swish, whisper |
| Synonyms: | crackle, crepitate, crinkle, hum, murmur, patter, sigh, stir, tap, whir, whish, whoosh |
| Main Entry: | shower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rain |
| Synonyms: | come down in buckets, downpour, drench, drizzle, fall, hail, mist, patter, pour, sleet, spray, sprinkle, storm |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce noise |
| Synonyms: | babble, bang, bark, blare, blow, boom, burst, buzz, cackle, chatter, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, clink, crash, creak, detonate, echo, emit, explode, hum, jabber, jangle, jar, moan, murmur, patter, play, rattle, reflect, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, shout, shriek, shrill, sing, slam, smash, snort, squawk, thud, thump, thunder, toot, trumpet, vibrate, whine, whisper |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words; inform |
| Synonyms: | articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one's tongue, gab, gabble, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans, spout, squeak, squeal, talk one's leg off, tell, tell all, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak |
| Antonyms: | listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | toddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk unsteadily |
| Synonyms: | patter, stalk, totter, waddle, wobble |
| Main Entry: | gabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, cackle, chatter, chitchat, clatter, drivel, gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, patter, prate, talk, twaddle, yak, yap |
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