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| NOUN: | 1. Slang. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk. Slang : gab, yak. See WORDS. 2. Slang. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd: absurdity. Informal : hoot, joke, laugh, scream. Slang : howl, panic, riot. Idioms: a laugh a minute. See LAUGHTER. | | VERB: | Slang. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on. Informal : go on, spiel. Slang : gab, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull) . See WORDS.
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