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wittering

wittering is the present participle and gerund of witter.

Meaning of witter

Verb (1)

witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To speak at length on a trivial subject.
    • She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.

Verb (2)

witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) to make sure, inform, or declare.

See all 4 meanings of witter

Noun

wittering (plural witterings)

  1. banal chatter
    • Nobody wants to hear your witterings about celebrities.

Forms of wittering

pluralwitterings

Phrases with wittering

Questions about wittering

What does wittering mean?
Wittering means banal chatter.
What is wittering the present participle and gerund of?
Wittering is the present participle and gerund of witter.
What part of speech is wittering?
Wittering is a noun.
What is the plural of wittering?
The plural of wittering is witterings.

Words near wittering in the dictionary

  1. Wittenburgs
  2. Wittenheim
  3. Wittens
  4. witter
  5. wittered
  6. wittering
  7. witterings
  8. witterly
  9. witters
  10. Witterses
  11. Wittersham

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