idle talk

Noun

Meaning

idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bosh tosh gab speculation idle chat gossip hearsay clothesline prate chitchat blether hot air tittle-tattle prattle
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Antonyms

mum

Hypernyms

yak chatter cackle yack yakety-yak

Examples

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings. Carl Friedrich Gauss

In my orchestra, I hate slackness, idle talk and lost time. I always hated this and still hate it. But I can achieve much more when I am quiet and not shouting. Georg Solti

I'd like to think when life is done That I had filled a needed post, That here and there I'd paid my fare With more than idle talk and boast; That I had taken gifts divine, The breath of life and manhood fine, And tried to use them now and then In service for my fellow men. Edgar Guest

Close letter words and terms

idle screen idle spectator idle spore idle talker Idle Talkers idle threat