to claver
- verb
- Archaic
:
charlar
- Every Sunday, she loves to claver with her friends over coffee.
Examples
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At the party, they clavered about everything from movies to travel.
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After the meeting, the colleagues sat down to claver about their weekend plans.
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Last time we lunched and claved in a deli.
Synonyms
269
1.0
To talk in a friendly, informal way about small everyday things
86
2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
9
6.8
To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things
6
7.7
To talk for a long time in a relaxed, often boring way
5
4.1
To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly way about small unimportant things
3
8.4
To talk quickly about small, unimportant things
1
8.5
To talk briefly and informally with someone, often in private
Talk in a friendly way about small, unimportant things
To talk briefly in an informal way
To chat with others about small, unimportant things
Antonyms
How Chatty
- Informal
184
1.1
86
2.7
- Archaic
- Informal
269
1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Claver comes from an old Scots word that meant 'to chat' or 'chatter'. So to claver is to have light, casual talk, like 'chatter' or 'gab'.