haver
Blather on aimlessly
Haver splits into two distinct words.
In Scottish and Northern English dialects, to haver is to talk foolishly or at length about nothing: Stop havering and get to the point.
The noun haver means foolish talk or nonsense.
Separately, haver is a legal term for one who has or holds something—a possessor—though this sense rarely appears outside legal contexts.
Hesitate or fluctuate
- vacillateWaver between choices
- ditherNervous inability to choose
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
delay · pause · teeter · oscillate · fluctuate · shilly-shally · hem and haw · second-guess
Senseless talk or writing
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- malarkeyInsincere foolish talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
poppycock · claptrap · codswallop · bunkum · tosh · hooey · bunk · flapdoodle
Move or speak without direction
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
chatter · natter · drivel · maunder · yammer · gibber · patter · blabber
Speak misleadingly to deceive
- waffleGridded breakfast cake
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- dodgeAvoid by quick movement
- evadeEscape by cunning
fence-sit · palter · quibble · sidestep · fudge · stonewall · shuffle · beat around the bush
One who possesses
- ownerHolder of title
- keeperOne who guards
- bearerOne who conveys something
- possessorOne who owns something
custodian · proprietor · occupant · tenant · landholder · titleholder · freeholder · leaseholder
waver
Hesitate or fluctuate
stall · delay · pause · teeter · oscillate · fluctuate · shilly-shally · hem and haw · second-guess · hang back
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
hogwash · poppycock · claptrap · codswallop · bunkum · tosh · hooey · bunk · flapdoodle · tomfoolery
ramble
Move or speak without direction
gabble · chatter · natter · drivel · maunder · yammer · gibber · patter · blabber · waffle
prevaricate
Speak misleadingly to deceive
evade · fence-sit · palter · quibble · sidestep · fudge · stonewall · shuffle · beat around the bush · pussyfoot
holder
One who possesses
possessor · custodian · proprietor · occupant · tenant · landholder · titleholder · freeholder · leaseholder · householder
haverspeak clearly
Articulate with precision
articulate · get to the point · speak plainly · enunciate · make sense
haverdecide
Reach a conclusion
commit · resolve · hasten · take action · make up one's mind
- have a nice dayFormulaic well-wishing farewell
- have funExperience enjoyment actively
- have toBe obligated
- would haveContrary-to-fact auxiliary
- have beenPast state continuing
- could havePast possibility expression