twaddle

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: baloney boloney bilgewater bosh drool humbug taradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot tosh chatter piffle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

pretentious or silly talk or writingSynonyms: baloney boloney bilgewater bosh drool humbug taradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot tosh

Verb (1)

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlySynonyms: chatter piffle palaver prate tittle-tattle clack maunder prattle blab gibber tattle blabber gabble

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Twaddle \Twad"dle\, v. i. & t. [See Twattle.] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. --Stanyhurst. [1913 Webster]

Twaddle \Twad"dle\, n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian. [1913 Webster]

I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]