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cabaireacht — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gab noun Idle talk or chatter.
  • palaver noun A village council meeting.
  • prattle verb To talk on and on about unimportant things, in a childish or silly way.

Senses

cabaireacht is used for these senses in English:

  • gab Idle chatter.
  • loquacity Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
  • palaver (North America, archaic, _, in Britain) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • prattle Silly, childish talk; babble.
  • small talk (idiomatic) Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.

gab — full definition

  1. noun Idle talk or chatter.
  2. verb To talk a lot, usually about unimportant things.

palaver — full definition

  1. noun A village council meeting.
  2. noun Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter.
  3. noun Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss.
  4. noun A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.

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