A wonderfully expressive Scottish word for idle gossip, tittle-tattle, or pointless chitchat. The word itself sounds exactly like what it means — a rambling, clattering flow of nonsense. In Scots usage it describes the kind of gossipy chatter exchanged over a fence, at the market, or anywhere people gather to talk more than they need to. It carries mild disapproval but is often used with fond exasperation rather than genuine contempt.
She told her sister to stop filling her head with clishmaclaver and get back to the actual point.
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(Scotland) Gossip; silly chatter.
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