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schwafeln — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • prate noun Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
  • smatter verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
  • waffle noun A crisp pastry with a grid pattern, usually eaten hot with syrup or toppings.

Senses

schwafeln is used for these senses in English:

  • bloviate (intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
  • prate (ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
  • smatter (intransitive) To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.

smatter — full definition

  1. verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
  2. verb To hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.
  3. verb To approach or study (something, such as a subject) superficially; to dabble in.
  4. verb To speak (a language or words) with only a superficial knowledge of it.

Related German words