haver
- noun
- /ˈheɪvər/
- Offensive
- It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.
Examples
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The new employee is such a haver; he keeps making ridiculous suggestions in meetings.
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Everyone laughed at his comments, calling him a notorious haver for his nonsensical ideas.
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June Haver is a ninny.
Fiction book (1994) -
You are a dirty little fun-haver.
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At the party, he was an endless haver, sharing silly jokes that made little sense.
Synonyms
A person who talks too much in an annoying way
A person who talks nonsense and babbles
A person who talks a lot and says silly or meaningless things
A person who talks a lot in a silly, not important way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Silly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Haver comes from Scots haver meaning 'to chatter' or 'to hesitate', and it is like the English word waver. So a haver is someone who speaks in silly or pointless ways and is easy to picture as a person who talks without saying anything useful.