What does twaddle mean?

Definitions for twaddle
ˈtwɒd ltwad·dle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddleverb

    pretentious or silly talk or writing

  2. chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabbleverb

    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Wiktionary

  1. twaddlenoun

    Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish

  2. twaddlenoun

    A twaddler.

  3. twaddleverb

    To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.

  4. Etymology: 1782, by alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.\

Wikipedia

  1. Twaddle

    As a common noun, twaddle means "idle talk, nonsense".

ChatGPT

  1. twaddle

    Twaddle refers to trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense. It's often used to describe meaningless or deceptive discourse.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Twaddle

    to talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle

  2. Twaddlenoun

    silly talk; gabble; fustian

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of twaddle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of twaddle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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Translations for twaddle

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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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