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idle talk

noun as in hot air

Strongest match

noun as in mouth

noun as in wind

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Example Sentences

He becomes quiet and less boisterous only to stammer out some idle talk and some nonsense.

A truce to jests, which may cost you dearly; tell me at once what your proposals are—I have no time to lose in idle talk.

"It is idle talk, there is nothing," she concluded, with a false smile intended to be allowing.

How wrong he must have been to take the idle talk that people chattered about her and let it influence his thoughts of her.

Now they say that it is the fairies do all this; but it is my opinion it is all idle talk, and people are after being wiser now.

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On this page you'll find 291 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to idle talk, such as: drivel, gibberish, jargon, blubbering, burble, and chatter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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