Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Information; knowledge.
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- verb Present participle of
witter .
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Examples
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So constantly wittering on about it causes voters to yawn.
"The people have(n't) spoken.... O'Neill 2009
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I'll also be linking and wittering on Twitter, eyeing the output of Top London Bloggers and assembling my weekly newsletter which non-suscribers can have sent straight to their in-boxes on Friday if they sign up in time.
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And then we have the Dick from Calgary, who's been wittering on here on the same matter, claiming that it's all or nothing: all speech or no speech, and anything in between is hypocritical.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Rather a lot of the British political class has indulged itself in essentially parochial wittering.
Instead of fearing another Iraq, the west must do right by Libya | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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Speakers for the negative had evidently been provided with talking points by the Conservative Party of Canada, wittering on about "abuses" and a "100% conviction rate" and whatnot.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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If the goal is to delay sexual activity or reduce STIs, and you don't know what age to start or what to teach, then stop wittering: define your outcome, randomise schools to different programmes, and you'll have the answer by the end of next parliament.
How can you tell if a policy is working? Run a trial | Ben Goldacre 2011
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All fluttering hands and wittering humility, she takes her place primly next to the piano player for the remainder of "Hometown Glory", the capital ballad that ended her first album.
Adele – review 2011
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Mike Selvey is on hand to give actual analysis rather than my wittering: If Abu Dhabi were Hove or Scarborough and the surrounding areas look a bit like that if you imagine the tide a long long way out, us bowlers would be rubbing our hands right now.
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This week the papers and parliament were filled with uninformed wittering on sex education.
How can you tell if a policy is working? Run a trial | Ben Goldacre 2011
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So I do not see the point of you or me wittering on further on the subject.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word wittering
JM prefers wittering that is short and to the point.
February 16, 2011