What does idle talk mean?

idle talk means "idle or foolish and irrelevant talk".

What is another word for idle talk?

Close synonyms include prate, prattle, blether, chin music. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is idle talk a common word?

idle talk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Idle talk — meaning and 4 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
Synonymsprate prattle blether chin music
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What does idle talk mean?: idle talk means "idle or foolish and irrelevant talk".
What is another word for idle talk?: Close synonyms include prate, prattle, blether, chin music. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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