Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to witter
Participle: wittered
Gerund: wittering
Indicative
Present
| I | witter |
| you | witter |
| he;she;it | witters |
| we | witter |
| you | witter |
| they | witter |
Perfect
| I | have wittered |
| you | have wittered |
| he;she;it | has wittered |
| we | have wittered |
| you | have wittered |
| they | have wittered |
Past
| I | wittered |
| you | wittered |
| he;she;it | wittered |
| we | wittered |
| you | wittered |
| they | wittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wittered |
| you | had wittered |
| he;she;it | had wittered |
| we | had wittered |
| you | had wittered |
| they | had wittered |
Future
| I | will witter |
| you | will witter |
| he;she;it | will witter |
| we | will witter |
| you | will witter |
| they | will witter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wittered |
| you | will have wittered |
| he;she;it | will have wittered |
| we | will have wittered |
| you | will have wittered |
| they | will have wittered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | witter |
| you | witter |
| he;she;it | witter |
| we | witter |
| you | witter |
| they | witter |
Perfect
| I | have wittered |
| you | have wittered |
| he;she;it | have wittered |
| we | have wittered |
| you | have wittered |
| they | have wittered |
Imperfect
| I | wittered |
| you | wittered |
| he;she;it | wittered |
| we | wittered |
| you | wittered |
| they | wittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wittered |
| you | had wittered |
| he;she;it | had wittered |
| we | had wittered |
| you | had wittered |
| they | had wittered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would witter |
| you | would witter |
| he;she;it | would witter |
| we | would witter |
| you | would witter |
| they | would witter |
Perfect
| I | would have wittered |
| you | would have wittered |
| he;she;it | would have wittered |
| we | would have wittered |
| you | would have wittered |
| they | would have wittered |
Imperative
| you | witter |
| we | Let's witter |
| you | witter |
Verbs conjugated like 'witter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'witter'
bitter,
jitter,
litter,
pitter,
titter,
twitter,
Twitter,
winter,
wither,
atter,
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, twaddle, waffle, wibble, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witrōną (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis. See: Proto-Germanic '
*witrōną', Icelandic '
vitra'.
Sample Sentences
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She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.
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When people witter on about pollution nowadays, I think of the days when going to school in broad daylight, I couldn't see my feet in the London smog. I had to feel the kerb with my front bike wheel. [2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 55:]