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witter
(wit¦ter)
Pronunciation:
/ˈwɪtə/
verb
[
no object
]
British
informal
speak at length about trivial matters:
she’d been
wittering on
about Jennifer and her illness
Origin:
early 19th century
(originally Scots and dialect): probably imitative
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