höpöttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• babble verb To talk quickly and continuously in a way that is unclear, meaningless, or hard to follow.
• drivel noun Nonsensical or foolish talk or writing.
• rave noun An enthusiastically positive review.
• twaddle noun Silly talk or writing that means nothing.
• twitter noun A series of short chirping sounds made by birds.

Senses

höpöttää is used for these senses in English:

• babble (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
• babble (intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
• babble (transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
• blow smoke (idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
• drivel To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
• kibitz (intransitive) To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game.
• rave (intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
• twaddle To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.

babble — full definition

1. verb To talk quickly and continuously in a way that is unclear, meaningless, or hard to follow.
2. verb To let slip a secret by talking carelessly.
3. noun Rapid, unclear, or meaningless talk.

drivel — full definition

1. noun Nonsensical or foolish talk or writing.
2. verb To talk nonsense or foolishly.

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