Meaning of BLATHER
| Pronunciation: | | 'bladhur
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- [n] foolish gibberish
- [v] to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
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| | Synonyms: | | babble, blatherskite, blether, blither, smatter |
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| | See Also: | | blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, gibber, gibberish, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle | |
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\Blath"er\ (bl[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
{Blathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blathering}.] [Written also
{blether}.] [Icel. bla[eth]ra. Cf. {Blatherskite}.]
To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot.
\Blath"er\, n. [Written also {blether}.]
Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl.
--Hall Caine.
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| | Related Terms: | | absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bavardage, be stupid, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blatherskite, blether, blethers, blither, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunkum, burble, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, claptrap, clatter, dither, dote, double-talk, drivel, drool, fiddledeedee, fiddle-faddle, flapdoodle, flimflam, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush, haver, hocus-pocus, hokum, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabber, jargon, jaw, jazz, malarkey, maunder, mere talk, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, natter, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk, pack of nonsense, palaver, patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rant, rattle, rattle on, reel off, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, run on, skimble-skamble, slobber, spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tittle-tattle, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, yak, yakkety-yak |
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