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twaddle¹

  • /ˈtwɒdəl/ UK
  • /ˈtwɑdəl/ US

Rhymes with -ædəl

Where it comes from

An alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.

noun twaddles · twoddle

  1. uncountable Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!

    Similar: babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering, chatter, chinwag, chit-chat, claver

  2. countable One who twaddles; a twaddler.

verb twaddles · twaddling · twaddled · twoddle

  1. To talk or write nonsense; to prattle. To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

Twaddle²

Where it comes from

Variant of Tweedle.

proper noun Twaddles

  1. A surname.

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noun Empty or silly idle talk or writing

Españolchorrada
中文胡言乱语 hú yán luàn yǔ, 胡说八道 húshuōbādào, 信口开河 xìnkǒukāihé
Portuguêspalração
Françaisfadaise, sornette
DeutschGequassel, Quatsch, Gewäsch, Geschwätz, dummes Geschwätz, dummes Zeug
Русскийтрындёж tryndjóž, болтовня boltovnja

verb To talk or write nonsense

Portuguêspalrar
Русскийтрындеть tryndetʹ

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twaddle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/twaddle

Chicago

"twaddle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/twaddle.

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@misc{twaddle_2026,
  title = {twaddle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twaddle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}