blather

blath·er

(blăth′ər) also bleth·er (blĕth′-)

intr.v. blath·ered, blath·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ered or bleth·er·ing or bleth·ers

To talk nonsensically.

n.

Nonsensical talk.

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[Old Norse bladhra; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

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blath′er·er n.

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blather

(ˈblæðə) or

blether

vb

(intr) to speak foolishly

n

1. foolish talk; nonsense

2. a person who blathers

[C15: from Old Norse blathra, from blathr nonsense]

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blath•er

(ˈblæð ər)
n.

1. foolish, voluble talk.

v.i.

2. to talk foolishly; blither; babble.

[1815–25; alter. of blether, appar. < Old Norse blathra to chatter, blabber]

blath′er•er, n.

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blather

Past participle: blathered
Gerund: blathering

Imperative

blather

blather

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blather - foolish gibberish blatherskite gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking
Verb	1.	blather - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" blether, blither, smatter, babble blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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blather

verb

1. chatter, ramble, mumble, babble, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), rabbit on (Brit. informal), drivel, yap (informal), tattle, jabber, gabble, blether, run off at the mouth (slang), prate He kept on blathering about police incompetence.

noun

1. nonsense, gossip, chatter, hot air (informal), waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), pap, bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, gibberish, guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, jabbering, jabber, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, blether (Scot.), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) Anyone knows that this is all blather.

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blather

verb

To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly:

babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle.

noun

1. Unintelligible or foolish talk:

babble, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle.

2. Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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Translations

αερολογία

déblatérer

вякать

blather

[ˈblæðəʳ]

A. N → disparates mpl

B. VI → charlatanear, decir tonterías
to blather (on) about sth → enrollarse con algo, dar la tabarra con algo

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blather

[ˈblæðəʳ] vi → blaterare

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