witter
verb /ˈwɪtə(r)/
/ˈwɪtər/
[intransitive] (British English, informal, usually disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they witter | /ˈwɪtə(r)/ /ˈwɪtər/ |
| he / she / it witters | /ˈwɪtəz/ /ˈwɪtərz/ |
| past simple wittered | /ˈwɪtəd/ /ˈwɪtərd/ |
| past participle wittered | /ˈwɪtəd/ /ˈwɪtərd/ |
| -ing form wittering | /ˈwɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈwɪtərɪŋ/ |
- witter (on) (about something) to talk about something boring and unimportant for a long time
- What's he wittering on about?
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally Scots and dialect): probably imitative.