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болтать

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gen. blab (о чём-либо); yap; babblement; move (ногами); talk all; tittle; twittle-twattle; shoot the breeze; shot the breeze; yackety-yack; jangle; rabbit; run; yaff; yadder (tanya_p); yakk (Tanda); talk out of school (распространять досужие домыслы AsIs); shoot tne breeze (Evgeny Shamlidi); shake up; chat ([ME chateren, orig. echoic] to talk or converse in a light, easy, informal manner); babble; gas; jabber ([ME jaberen, prob. echoic] to speak or say quickly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter; gibber); chatter ([ME chateren, orig. echoic]; to make short, indistinct sounds in rapid succession, as birds, apes, etc.; to talk quickly and noisily about unimportant things • The children chattered among themselves); clatter; swing; tattle ([MDu tatelen, to tattle, of echoic orig.]; to talk idly; chatter; gossip); prate ([MDu praten, to prate, of echoic orig.] to talk much and foolishly; chatter); mag; cackle; confabulate; gab; gossip (to chat); natter (to chatter or talk continuously, usually about unimportant things); quack; talk; twitter (to talk in a rapid, tremulous manner expressive of agitation, timidity, etc.; chatter); wag; haver; palaver; yarn; rattle along; rattle away; blatter; parleyvoo; blabber ([ME blabberen, echoic] to blab or babble); burble; chaffer; chipper; tongue; waffle (to talk on and on foolishly, pretending that one knows something which one does not); flap one's mouth; twaddle; shoot off mouth; bleat; fan out; peach; wag (языком); wag chin; clap (Aly19); make a small talk; yackety yak; yak yak; yakety yak; gabble; tittle-tattle; go on; wag one's tongue (языком • My wife and her sister haven't seen each other in a while, so they've been wagging their tongues all day.); flap about; chew the fat; flip lip; make chin music (andreevna); spout forth (КГА); tell tales; flap (глупо, назойливо Bullfinch); goster (Serguei_N7); blab; prattle ([MLowG pratelen, to prate]; to talk or chatter about unimportant things or like a child); rattle; wiggle-waggle; yak; troll; buck; froth (alexs2011); chatter away (To chatter away means to talk quickly, casually, and continuously, often about trivial or unimportant topics. (Cambridge Dictionary) • "They spent the entire afternoon sitting in the cafe, chattering away to one another." (Cambridge Dictionary)"She was so busy chattering away about her vacation that she didn't hear the teacher come in." (Cambridge Dictionary) ART Vancouver); run one's mouth (Don't worry about him. He likes to run his mouth, but he won't do anything. vogeler); shoot mouth off (Taras); shoot mouth (Taras); shoot mouth about (Taras)
Gruzovik dangle; rock
Игорь Миг shoot one's mouth off
amer. yack (Taras); chew the rag; yack away (бессмысленно Taras)
amer., inf. visit
amer., mil., jarg. bat the breeze
amer., slang woffle
austral., inf. earbash; yabber
brit. chin wag (andreevna)
dial. knap
dial., amer. crack
ed. trading notes (If you try to “befriend” tough kids by just trading notes on pop culture and asking how their weekend went, you will lose their respect.... . Fesenko)
fig. clack; clacker
fig.of.sp. put the world to rights (YuliaO)
Gruzovik, inf. chat incessantly; babble on
humor. wiggle (это выглядит так: напр., берут ребёнка за ручку и болтают / трясут слегка в воздухе ART Vancouver)
idiom. shout the odds (Yeldar Azanbayev)
inf. confab (сокр. от confabulate); shake; stir (a liquid); dangle (with instr.); gas (говорить долго и бессодержательно); rap; run down lines with (I was running down some lines with Fred when the bell rang. Hey, man, let's run down some lines. VLZ_58); bat the breaze (MichaelBurov); shoot the line (MichaelBurov); flap one's lips (Taras); cosher; sound off; confab; blat; witter (Lingvo 9.0 bystander); quacksalver; piffle; rabbit on (Andrey Truhachev)
inf., obs., dial. prose
inf., univer., jarg. pill
jarg. breeze
Makarov. shake (взбалтывать); chipper (о детях); puddle (перемешивать); waggle; babble out; jabber away; prate about; rabbit away; rattle on; shake up (взбалтывать); stir (перемешивать)
Makarov., disappr., inf. blabber on
Makarov., inf. sound off (о чём-либо)
Makarov., slang dish up; flap chops; flap jaw; flap jowls; flap mouth; to yackety-yak
media. chat away
mil. work the bolt
mil., lingo blow tubes (MichaelBurov)
obs. prattlement; squirt; twattle
slang yak (говорить • Stop yakking! == Хорош болтать!); yap (to talk noisily and stupidly; jabber); chop one's teeth; dish; fan; fan the breeze; flap one's chops jowls; jaw; lip; flip one's up; gum; jibber-jabber; open one's yap; schmoos; shoot someone down; shoot the bull; wig; yatata yatata; yuck; beat gums; yak-yak; yakety-yak; shoot the shit (aleko.2006); throw the crap (Interex); bowler (Interex); chew; schmoose; beat chops; run down some lines (Sl. to converse (with someone). I was running down some lines with Fred when the bell rang. Hey, man, let's run down some lines. VLZ_58); blow one's bugle (MichaelBurov); slip the clutch (MichaelBurov); chinwag; yackety-yak; yock; yuk
slang, Makarov. blob; flap one's jaw; flap one's jowls
tech., obs. agitate
uncom., inf., amer., slang chin
vulg. shoot the crap
yiddish. kibitz (Taras)
to prate болтать v
gen. prattle ([MLowG pratelen, to prate])
болтаться v
gen. loaf about; dangle around; hang loose; gallivant about; muddle about; hang about; moon; hustle (разг. Aly19); diddle; loaf; schlepp (без дела); dangle; knock about (по свету); lounge around (ad_notam); hover; bob; dilly-dally
Gruzovik hang down; hang loose (of clothes); hang around
amer. slosh
contempt. patrol
Gruzovik, inf. loaf about; swing; fluctuate; flounder; popple (move in a tossing, bubbling, or rippling manner, as choppy water); lap; splash; hang loosely
inf. hang over; moon about; moon along; moon around; hang out (где-либо Andrey Truhachev); chat; chatter; jabber; flop; prattle; rattle around (жить в очень большой квартире chronik); bounce around (joyand); flounce around (вариант bounce around joyand); loiter; loll (Maria Klavdieva)
Makarov. be loose (быть плохо закреплённым); hang (hung, hanged); hang loosely (быть плохо закреплённым); waggle; dangle about; dangle round; float around; gallivant around; gallivant off; lie about; lie around; linger around; schlep about (без дела); schlep around (без дела); stand about; stand around; swan about (без цели и дела); swan around (без цели и дела); dangle (быть плохо закреплённым); linger about
Makarov., inf. hang around; hang round; knock about; mess about; mess around; knock around
slang cruise; fool around; jack around; stooge around; potsky
yiddish. schlep (без дела)
болтающийся prtc.
gen. loose (not firmly fixed • This button is loose); floppy; loose hanging (gconnell); dangling; bobbing; unloose
vulg. flopped
"болтаться" v
crim.law., amer., slang bum
non-destruct.test., inf. be slack (о крепёжной детали или соединении); work loose (о крепёжной детали или соединении)
болтали v
inf. rumor had it (MichaelBurov)
болтаться без дела v
gen. loiter (Maria Klavdieva)
болтающий prtc.
hunt. babbling
болтать в дружеской манере v
inf. chop it up about (сленг • Just two of my musical heroes chopping it up like the two thousand strong in the audience weren't even there, hanging onto their every word tarantula)
болтать
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