Haver (v)
hay-vuhr
To chatter, talk too much.
I first encountered this word when listening to the divinely geeky and gawky Scottish duo The Proclaimers in “I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)”.
Example sentences
“And if I haver, hey, I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you”
“Oh don’t haver on so, we’ve work to be getting on with.”
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