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Twattle

Twattle \Twat"tle\, v. i. [Cf. Tattle, Twaddle.] To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip.
--L'Estrange.

Twattle

Twattle \Twat"tle\, v. t. To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. [Prov. Eng.]
--Grose.

Twattle

Twattle \Twat"tle\, n. Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.

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twattle

Etymology 1 vb. (context archaic English) To talk in a digressive or long-winded way. Etymology 2

vb. (context archaic transitive English) To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.

Usage examples of "twattle".

This was the question that made our quasi hierophant look up with a far greater degree of interest than he had felt in the long and random twattle to which he had been compelled to listen.

How much brainless twattle do they contain, amid a few grains of wit and humor.

They pass the night chattering together and twattling in an unknown tongue.