"maundering" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ [US], /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-maundering.ogg [US] Forms: maunderings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} maundering (plural maunderings)
  1. A rambling or pointless discourse. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-maundering-en-noun-Yc7M6JD2 Disambiguation of Talking: 55 45

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ [US], /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-maundering.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} maundering
  1. present participle and gerund of maunder Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: maunder Categories (topical): Talking Related terms: maunder
    Sense id: en-maundering-en-verb-PmXbN4pE Disambiguation of Talking: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91

Inflected forms

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