twaddle
trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
to talk in a trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious manner; prate.
to utter as twaddle.
Origin of twaddle
1Other words for twaddle
Other words from twaddle
- twaddler, noun
- twaddly, adjective
Words Nearby twaddle
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How to use twaddle in a sentence
Fernandez hopes that future studies will conduct neurological work to watch the bats’ brains during toddler twaddle and look for similarities to brain development in human children.
Both bats and humans test out talking as infants | Sara Kiley Watson | August 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn Normal Accidents, sociologist Charles Perrow argued that this was self-comforting twaddle.
The Most Dangerous Substance in America May Be Fertilizer | Megan McArdle | April 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBetter live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a séance.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionScience and system are far more efficacious than much of the old-fashioned granny's twaddle.
The Incubator Baby | Ellis Parker ButlerBetter live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a sance.
Aphorisms and Reflections from the works of T. H. Huxley | Thomas Henry Huxley
It is made out of a little lump of tawdry material which says nothing, is, indeed, mere twaddle.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock EllisMerle can talk the whole bunch down when he gets to shooting on all six—sounds good, but I've no doubt it's just wise twaddle.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for twaddle
/ (ˈtwɒdəl) /
silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense
to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way
Origin of twaddle
1Derived forms of twaddle
- twaddler, noun
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