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View usage for: (wɪtəʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense witters, present participle wittering, past tense, past participle witteredverbIf you say that someone is wittering about something, you mean that they are talking a lot about things that you think are silly and boring. [British, informal, disapproval] They just sat there wittering about what lectures they had tomorrow. [VERB + about] [Also VERB]Witter on means the same as witter. They started wittering on about their last trip to Provence. [V P + about] [Also VERB PARTICLE] More Synonyms of witter witter in British English (ˈwɪtə) informal verb1. (intransitive; often foll by on) to chatter or babble pointlessly or at unnecessary length noun2. pointless chat; chatter Word origin C20: from dialect; compare twitterExamples of 'witter' in a sentencewitter Definition to chatter or babble pointlessly or at unnecessary length She witters on about unimportant things. Synonyms rabbit (on) (British, informal) cackle twaddle clack burble gab (informal) tattle blab blether prate earbash (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Synonyms clack burble gab (informal) tattle jabber gabble blether prate - witless
- witness
- witness to something
- witter
- witticism
- witty
- wizard
Additional synonymsAnyone knows that this is all blather. Synonyms nonsense, gossip, chatter, hot air, malarkey (informal), waffle (informal, British), pap, bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, gibberish, guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, jabbering, jabber, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook, hogwash (informal), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, blether (Scottish), bunkum or buncombe Definition the sound of cackling Synonyms chatter, babble, prattle, gibber, jabber, gabbleDefinition to have an informal conversation I was just chatting to him the other day. Synonyms talk, gossip, jaw (slang), natter, blather, schmooze (slang), blether (Scottish), shoot the breeze (US, slang), chew the rag or fat (slang) Definition an informal conversation She asked me into her office for a chat. Synonyms talk, tête-à-tête, conversation, gossip, heart-to-heart, natter, blather, schmooze (slang), blether (Scottish), chinwag (British, informal), confab (informal), craic (Irish, informal), korero (New Zealand) Definition to speak rapidly and indistinctly The child sat on his knee and gabbled excitedly. Synonyms prattle, chatter, babble, gibber, jabber, rattle, rabbit on (British, informal), blab, blabber, run off at the mouth (slang), gush, spout, waffle (informal, British) Definition to speak very quickly and excitedly I left them there jabbering away Synonyms chatter, rabbit (on) (British, informal), ramble, mumble, babble, waffle (informal, British), drivel, yap (informal), tattle, gabble, blather, blether, run off at the mouth (slang), prateDefinition to chatter in a foolish or childish way She prattled on until I wanted to scream. Synonyms chatter, babble, waffle (informal, British), run on, rabbit on (British, informal), witter on (informal), patter, drivel, clack, twitter, jabber, gabble, rattle on, blather, blether, run off at the mouth (slang), earbash (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition foolish or childish talk I had had enough of his mindless prattle. Synonyms chatter, talk, babble, waffle (informal), rambling, wittering (informal), prating, drivel, jabber, gabble, blather, blether (Scottish) Definition silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), gossip, crap (slang), trash, chatter, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), rigmarole, blather, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition to speak or write in a vague and wordy manner some guy on TV waffling on about some new product Synonyms chatter, rabbit (on) (British, informal), babble, drivel, prattle, jabber, gabble, rattle on, verbalize, blather, witter on (informal), blether, run off at the mouth (slang), prate, earbash (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition vague and wordy speech or writing I'm tired of his smug, sanctimonious waffle. Synonyms prattle, nonsense, hot air (informal), twaddle, padding, prating, gibberish, jabber, verbiage, blather, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) |