[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maunder \Maund"er\, v. t.
To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maunder \Maund"er\, n.
A beggar. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maund \Maund\, Maunder \Maund"er\, v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg,
E. mendicant.]
1. To beg. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
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2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or
disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.
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He was ever maundering by the how that he met a
party of scarlet devils. --Sir W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
maunder
v 1: wander aimlessly
2: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: mumble,
mutter, maunder, mussitate]
3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]