Verb: maunder mon-du(r)
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
"The old man maundered on about the weather";
- chatter, piffle [informal], palaver [informal], prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], prattle, blab [informal], gibber, tattle, blabber [informal], gabble, vapour [Brit, Cdn], vapor [US], rabbit [Brit, informal], jibber-jabber, witter [Brit, informal], twattle [UK, dialect], yatter [Brit, informal], yabber [informal]
- Talk indistinctly, usually in a low voice
"He maundered to himself while reading the document";
- mumble, mutter, mussitate [archaic]
- Wander aimlessly
"The lost hiker maundered through the forest"
Derived forms: maunders, maundered, maundering
Type of: cast, drift, mouth, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, speak, stray, swan [informal], talk, tramp, utter, vagabond [archaic], verbalise [Brit], verbalize, wander
Encyclopedia: Maunder, Paul