haiver
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haiver (third-person singular simple present haivers, present participle haiverin, simple past haivert, past participle haivert)
- to haver, talk in a foolish or trivial manner, speak nonsense
- 2013, Pedro Lenz, translated by Donal McLaughlin, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books, page 37:
- Uli stuck his oar in an' said ah wis right an' Marta shid stop haverin [translating liire], that there wis women oot there who wur aye oan the look-oot furra guy who wis as fuckt-up as poss so they kid look eftir him.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to babble, gossip
- to make a fuss about nothing
- to make a pretence of being busy
- to dawdle, potter about
- to saunter, lounge
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- English: haver