blether

bleth·er

 (blĕth′ər)
v. & n.
Variant of blather.
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blether

(ˈblɛðə)
vb, n
Scot a variant spelling of blather
[C16: 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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blether


Past participle: blethered
Gerund: blethering

Imperative
blether
blether
Present
I blether
you blether
he/she/it blethers
we blether
you blether
they blether
Preterite
I blethered
you blethered
he/she/it blethered
we blethered
you blethered
they blethered
Present Continuous
I am blethering
you are blethering
he/she/it is blethering
we are blethering
you are blethering
they are blethering
Present Perfect
I have blethered
you have blethered
he/she/it has blethered
we have blethered
you have blethered
they have blethered
Past Continuous
I was blethering
you were blethering
he/she/it was blethering
we were blethering
you were blethering
they were blethering
Past Perfect
I had blethered
you had blethered
he/she/it had blethered
we had blethered
you had blethered
they had blethered
Future
I will blether
you will blether
he/she/it will blether
we will blether
you will blether
they will blether
Future Perfect
I will have blethered
you will have blethered
he/she/it will have blethered
we will have blethered
you will have blethered
they will have blethered
Future Continuous
I will be blethering
you will be blethering
he/she/it will be blethering
we will be blethering
you will be blethering
they will be blethering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blethering
you have been blethering
he/she/it has been blethering
we have been blethering
you have been blethering
they have been blethering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blethering
you will have been blethering
he/she/it will have been blethering
we will have been blethering
you will have been blethering
they will have been blethering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blethering
you had been blethering
he/she/it had been blethering
we had been blethering
you had been blethering
they had been blethering
Conditional
I would blether
you would blether
he/she/it would blether
we would blether
you would blether
they would blether
Past Conditional
I would have blethered
you would have blethered
he/she/it would have blethered
we would have blethered
you would have blethered
they would have blethered
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.blether - idle or foolish and irrelevant talkblether - idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak, cackle - noisy talk
Verb1.blether - to talk foolishlyblether - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
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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Translations
quasselnquatschen

blether

(Scot inf)
viquatschen (inf), → schwätzen (S Ger inf)
n
to have a good blethereinen ordentlichen Schwatz halten (inf)
(= person)Quasselstrippe f (inf)
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