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talk idly

VERB

gossip

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blab

STRONG

babble blather blether chat chatter dish hint imply insinuate intimate jaw prate prattle repeat report rumor schmoose spread suggest talk tattle

WEAK

bad-mouth bend one's ear cut to pieces cut up rattle on spill the beans tell secrets tell tales wiggle-waggle

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet conceal hide

VERB

tattle

Synonyms

STRONG

babble blab chat chatter gossip jabber leak noise prate prattle rumor snitch spill squeal talk yak

WEAK

give away give the show away have a big mouth spill the beans spread rumor tell on tell tale

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet conceal hide

VERB

tittle-tattle

Synonyms

STRONG

babble blab blather blether chat chatter dish hint imply insinuate intimate jaw noise prate prattle repeat report rumor schmoose spread suggest talk tattle whisper

WEAK

bad-mouth bend one's ear cut to pieces cut up rattle on spill the beans tell secrets tell tales tell tales out of school wiggle-waggle

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet conceal hide

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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old man, you talk idly, as in time of peace, while war is at hand.

From The Iliad by Homer

To CLAIVER, CLAVER, v. a. to talk idly.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

Do I talk idly, or is this the truth?

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Prate, prāt, v.i. to talk idly: to tattle: to be loquacious.—v.t. to speak without meaning or purpose: to let out, as a secret.—n. trifling talk.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

talk idly

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