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haiver
haiver
Scots
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Verb
haiver (third-person singular present haivers, present participle haiverin, past haivert, past participle haivert)
- to haver, talk in a foolish or trivial manner, speak nonsense
- 2013, Donal McLaughlin, translating Pedro Lenz, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books 2013, p. 37:
- Uli stuck his oar in an' said ah wis right an' Marta shid stop haverin [transl. 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.
- 2013, Donal McLaughlin, translating Pedro Lenz, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books 2013, p. 37:
- 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