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verb · intransitive · rare

claver

claver · clavers · clavered · clavering

To gossip or chit-chatTo gossip or chit-chat.

/ˈklævɚ/

Meaning

1 senses

(Scotland, UK, dialectal)To gossip or chit-chat.

More definitions

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Origin

Borrowed from Scots claver.

Borrowed from Scots claver.

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Forms

clavers, clavering, clavered, clavered

Base form	claver · to claver
3rd person singular	clavers
Present participle	clavering
Past simple	clavered
Past participle	clavered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	claver
he, she, it	clavers

Past simpleLesson

all persons

clavered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have clavered
he, she, it	has clavered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will claver

Synonyms

13 synonyms

Close in meaning

talk socially without exchanging too much information:chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chit-chat chatter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

clauseB2 claustrophobiaC1 claustrophobicC1 claw clay

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