1. to talk idly or gossip; to chatter
Usage: informal; chiefly Scottish or dialectal

1. idle talk; gossip or chatter
Usage: informal; chiefly Scottish or dialectal

Examples

• The neighbors were clavering over the fence about the new family down the street.
• She spent the afternoon clavering with her friends at the café.
• Don't pay attention to all that claver—it's just idle gossip.
• The old men sat on the porch, clavering away about the weather.
• I have no time for such claver when there's work to be done.