claver

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Scots claver. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈklævɚ/ ==== Noun ==== claver (countable and uncountable, plural clavers) (UK, Scotland, dialect) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter. ==== Verb ==== claver (third-person singular simple present clavers, present participle clavering, simple past and past participle clavered) (UK, Scotland, dialect) To gossip or chit-chat. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== claver (uncountable) Obsolete form of clover. === Anagrams === carvel, Calver, calver == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kla.ve/ === Verb === claver (regional) to lock ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “claver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === claver alternative form of clovere == Scots == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps compare Gaelic clabaire (“prattler”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkleːvər/ === Verb === claver (third-person singular simple present clavers, present participle claverin, simple past and past participle clavert) to gossip, chat idly