twattle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwɒtəl/ === Etymology 1 === Compare tattle, twaddle. ==== Verb ==== twattle (third-person singular simple present twattles, present participle twattling, simple past and past participle twattled) (archaic, ambitransitive) To talk in a digressive or long-winded way. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== twattle (countable and uncountable, plural twattles) (archaic) Chatter; twaddle. === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Verb ==== twattle (third-person singular simple present twattles, present participle twattling, simple past and past participle twattled) (archaic, transitive) To cosset; to pet or coddle. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== twattle (plural twattles) (archaic) A dwarf. === Related terms === twittle-twattle === References === “twattle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.