What does twaddle mean?
Definitions for twaddle
ˈtwɒd ltwad·dle
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word twaddle.
Princeton's WordNet
baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddleverb
pretentious or silly talk or writing
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabbleverb
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Wiktionary
twaddlenoun
Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish
twaddlenoun
A twaddler.
twaddleverb
To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
Etymology: 1782, by alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.\
Wikipedia
Twaddle
As a common noun, twaddle means "idle talk, nonsense".
ChatGPT
twaddle
Twaddle refers to trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense. It's often used to describe meaningless or deceptive discourse.
Webster Dictionary
Twaddle
to talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle
Twaddlenoun
silly talk; gabble; fustian
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Twaddle
twod′l, v.i. to talk in a silly manner.—n. silly talk: a senseless talker.—ns. Twadd′ler; Twadd′ling, twaddle or silly talk.—adj. Twadd′ly, consisting of twaddle. [Earlier form twattle, a variant of tattle.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TWADDLE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Twaddle is ranked #34707 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Twaddle surname appeared 651 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Twaddle.
96.1% or 626 total occurrences were White.
1.5% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.7% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of twaddle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of twaddle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- Quatsch, Geschwätz, dummes Zeug, Gewäsch, Gequassel, dummes GeschwätzGerman
- höpötys, höpöttää, höpinäFinnish
- fadaise, sornetteFrench
- sornèt, istwa san sansHaitian Creole
- ocehanIndonesian
- onzinDutch
- tomprat, løst, pjatt, prat, tullpratNorwegian
- paplanina, paplać, gadać, gadaninaPolish
- трындеть, трындежRussian
- babbla, snack, trams, pladdra, dravel, pladder, svammel, svamla, babbelSwedish
- అనవసరపు మాటలుTelugu
- lupükotVolapük
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