claver

An obsolete verb meaning to talk idly or chatter; to gossip or prattle.

• 🇫🇷Verbe vieilli ou rare signifiant bavarder de manière vide, jaser, médire ou papoter.

1. Chat or gossip C2 informal british

   To engage in casual, friendly conversation, often about trivial matters.

   • They spent the afternoon clavering over tea.
   • The old friends clavered about their grandchildren.
   • We clavered for hours without noticing the time.

   🇫🇷bavarder, papoter

   Synonymes: babblechatchitchatconversegossipjabberprattletalk