talk at random
verb
Roget 584:
be loquacious
etc.
adj.;
talk glibly,
pour forth,
patter;
prate,
palaver,
prose,
chatter,
prattle,
clack,
jabber,
jaw;
blather,
blatter†,
blether†;
rattle,
rattle on;
twaddle,
twattle;
babble,
gabble;
outtalk;
talk oneself out of breath,
talk oneself hoarse;
expatiate
etc.
(speak at length)
573;
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
din in the ears
etc.
(repeat)
104;
talk at random,
talk nonsense
etc.
497;
be hoarse with talking.
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Roget 549:
exaggerate,
magnify,
pile up,
aggravate;
amplify
etc.
(expand)
194;
overestimate
etc.
482;
hyperbolize;
overcharge,
overstate,
overdraw,
overlay,
overshoot the mark,
overpraise;
make over much,
over the most of;
strain,
strain over a point;
stretch,
stretch a point;
go great lengths;
spin a long yarn;
draw with a longbow,
shoot with a longbow;
deal in the marvelous.
out-Herod Herod,
run riot,
talk at random.
heighten,
overcolor†;
color highly,
color too highly;
broder†;
flourish;
color
etc.
(misrepresent)
544;
puff
etc.
(boast)
884.
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Roget 477:
judge intuitively,
judge by intuition;
hazard a proposition,
hazard a guess,
talk at random.
reason ill,
falsely
etc.
adj.;
misjudge
etc.
481;
paralogize†.
take on faith,
take as a given;
assume
(supposition)
514.
pervert,
quibble;
equivocate,
mystify,
evade,
elude;
gloss over,
varnish;
misteach
etc.
538†;
mislead
etc.
(error)
495;
cavil,
refine,
subtilize†,
split hairs;
misrepresent
etc.
(lie)
544.
beg the question,
reason in a circle,
reason in circles,
assume the conclusion.
cut blocks with a razor,
beat about the bush,
play fast and loose,
play fast and loose with the facts,
blow hot and cold,
prove that black is white and white black,
travel out of the record,
parler a tort et a travers [Fr.],
put oneself out of court,
not have a leg to stand on.
judge hastily,
shoot from the hip,
jump to conclusions
(misjudgment)
481.
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