† chavelv.
/ˈtʃavəl/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 103 Galieð ase fox deð &..cheaflið of idel.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 He grint greot þe chafleð.
a1307 Pol. Songs (1839) 240 To chaule ne to chyde.
2. transitive. To mump or mumble (food). Also absol. and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > chew > softly
mumble1591
mump1599
chavel1610
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xii. 34 He doth, as it were, chauell or chaw a little hay.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs x Disarm'd of teeth, this chavells with his gums.
1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 311 Chavvle, to chew, imperfectly.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 27 Chavvle, to chew imperfectly, to mumble like a toothless person.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Chavle, to chew badly. ‘That herse chavles strangely, he wants his teeth filin'.’
1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock iii. vii. §6 The bracken lay sere under the trees, broken and chavelled by the restless wild winds of the long winter.
1916 D. H. Lawrence Amores 114 Lives which sorrows like mischievous dark mice chavel To nought, diminishing each star's glitter.
Derivatives
ˈchaveling n. chattering, ‘jawing’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering
chaveling?c1225
janglingc1330
jangleryc1374
tatteringc1380
ganglinga1387
clatteringc1400
babbling?c1430
languetingc1450
pratinga1470
cackling1530
prattling1530
tattling1547
gaggling1548
clicketing1575
twattling1577
clacking1594
gabbling1599
blattering1604
snuttering1693
futileness1727
rattling1753
gabbering1798
magginga1800
yaffing1815
deblateration1817
tattlement1837
nattering1859
spieling1859
yattering1859
chatteration1862
quiddling1870
windjamming1886
waffling1958
motormouthing1981
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 80 Fed þine echȝe wið totunge. þi tunge wið cheaflunge.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 284 Mid chavling and mid chatere.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 296.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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