See Also: twaddle(dictionary)
twaddle(1)(dictionary)
twaddle(2)(dictionary)
twaddle(dictionary)
twiddle-twaddle(dictionary)
MANUFACTURE(law)
manufacture(2)(dictionary)
manufacture(1)(dictionary)
manufacture 1, verb(dictionary)
manufacture 2, noun(dictionary)

manufacture 1, verb (oh) and twaddle (oh)


manufacture 1, verb (oh)



to use machines to make goods or materials, usually in large numbers or amounts
::the company that manufactured the drug
::manufactured goods
to invent an untrue story, excuse etc
-synonym fabricate fabricate
::If the media can manufacture stories like this, who are we supposed to believe?
technical if your body manufactures a particular useful substance, it produces it

twaddle (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Probably from twattle 'empty talk' (17-19 centuries)]
informal something that someone has said or written that you think is stupid
-synonym nonsense nonsense
::I don't believe in all that twaddle about fate.