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verb

jabber, chatter, gab; see babble, talk 1.

noun

The bones of the mouth
jawbone, muzzle, jowl, mandible, maxilla, chops; see also bone.
A jawlike object
clamp, grip, vise, wrench, monkey wrench, clasp, clutch; see also vise.

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verb

(Slang)

To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on. (Informal) go on, spiel. (Slang) gab, gas, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull). See words

noun

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Spoken exchange:

chat, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse¹, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk. (Informal) confab. See words

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