höpöttää — meaning in English
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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 Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
- 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
- verb To talk quickly and continuously in a way that is unclear, meaningless, or hard to follow.
- verb To let slip a secret by talking carelessly.
- noun Rapid, unclear, or meaningless talk.
drivel — full definition
- noun Nonsensical or foolish talk or writing.
- verb To talk nonsense or foolishly.