Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to twaddle
Participle: twaddled
Gerund: twaddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | twaddle |
| you | twaddle |
| he;she;it | twaddles |
| we | twaddle |
| you | twaddle |
| they | twaddle |
Perfect
| I | have twaddled |
| you | have twaddled |
| he;she;it | has twaddled |
| we | have twaddled |
| you | have twaddled |
| they | have twaddled |
Past
| I | twaddled |
| you | twaddled |
| he;she;it | twaddled |
| we | twaddled |
| you | twaddled |
| they | twaddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had twaddled |
| you | had twaddled |
| he;she;it | had twaddled |
| we | had twaddled |
| you | had twaddled |
| they | had twaddled |
Future
| I | will twaddle |
| you | will twaddle |
| he;she;it | will twaddle |
| we | will twaddle |
| you | will twaddle |
| they | will twaddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have twaddled |
| you | will have twaddled |
| he;she;it | will have twaddled |
| we | will have twaddled |
| you | will have twaddled |
| they | will have twaddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | twaddle |
| you | twaddle |
| he;she;it | twaddle |
| we | twaddle |
| you | twaddle |
| they | twaddle |
Perfect
| I | have twaddled |
| you | have twaddled |
| he;she;it | have twaddled |
| we | have twaddled |
| you | have twaddled |
| they | have twaddled |
Imperfect
| I | twaddled |
| you | twaddled |
| he;she;it | twaddled |
| we | twaddled |
| you | twaddled |
| they | twaddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had twaddled |
| you | had twaddled |
| he;she;it | had twaddled |
| we | had twaddled |
| you | had twaddled |
| they | had twaddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would twaddle |
| you | would twaddle |
| he;she;it | would twaddle |
| we | would twaddle |
| you | would twaddle |
| they | would twaddle |
Perfect
| I | would have twaddled |
| you | would have twaddled |
| he;she;it | would have twaddled |
| we | would have twaddled |
| you | would have twaddled |
| they | would have twaddled |
Imperative
| you | twaddle |
| we | Let's twaddle |
| you | twaddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'twaddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'twaddle'
swaddle,
twiddle,
waddle,
addle,
betwaddle,
daddle,
faddle,
fuaddle,
maddle,
paddle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
An alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.
Sample Sentences
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To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling. [1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 181:]