blather

blather
n
1. drivel, driveling, blether, Inf. blithering; gushing, blabbing, Inf. spouting, excessive talk; babble, babbling, babblement, prate, prating, foolish talk; twaddle, twaddling, Both Brit. twattle, twattling; prattle, prattling, gibber, gibbering, gibberish; jabber, jabbering, Jabberwocky, Sl. gibber-jabbering; nonsense, moonshine, Fr. bavardage. gobbledegook, hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo, abracadabra, open-sesame; humbug, flummery, Sl. bunk, rubbish, Inf. rot, Sl. garbage, Sl. horsefeathers; balderdash, hogwash, stuff and nonsense, Inf. bosh, Brit. Si. tosh, fudge, foolishness, rigmarole or rigamarole; poppycock, Inf. fiddle-faddle, Inf. piffle, Inf. kibosh, Inf. flapdoodle
v
2. blether, Inf. blither, babble; prate, bleat, twaddle, Brit. twattle; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one's hat; drivel, gibber, Sl. gibber-jabber, jargon.
3. jabber, chatter, chipper, prattle, cackle, Inf. gab; chit-chat, chitter-chatter, make small talk, chaffer, bandy words; talk idly, Sl. shoot the breeze, Sl. gas, Sl. bull; palaver, clack, clatter, rattle, Sl. run off or on at the mouth; gush, blab, Inf. spout.

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  • Blather — Blath er, n. [Written also {blether}.] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; often in the pl. Hall Caine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blather — index jargon (unintelligible language), prattle (noun), prattle (verb) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • blather — (also blither) ► VERB ▪ talk at length without making much sense. ► NOUN ▪ rambling talk with no real substance. ORIGIN from Old Norse, nonsense …   English terms dictionary

  • blather — [blath′ər] n. [ON blathr] foolish talk; loquacious nonsense vi. to talk on and on foolishly blatherer n …   English World dictionary

  • blather — n. nonsense 1) sheer, utter blather 2) blather about * * * utter blather [ nonsense ] sheer blather about …   Combinatory dictionary

  • blather — {{11}}blather (n.) 1787, from BLATHER (Cf. blather) (v.). {{12}}blather (v.) 1520s, Scottish, probably from a Scandinavian source such as O.N. blaðra mutter, wag the tongue, perhaps of imitative origin. Related: Blathered; blathering …   Etymology dictionary

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  • blather — UK [ˈblæðə(r)] / US [ˈblæðər] verb [intransitive] Word forms blather : present tense I/you/we/they blather he/she/it blathers present participle blathering past tense blathered past participle blathered informal to talk for a long time about… …   English dictionary

  • blather — blatherer, n. /bladh euhr/, n. 1. foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather. v.i., v.t. 2. to talk or utter foolishly; blither; babble: The poor thing blathered for hours about the intricacies of his psyche. Also,… …   Universalium

  • blather — blath|er [ˈblæðə US ər] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Old Norse; Origin: blathra] to talk for a long time about unimportant things >blather[i] n [U and C] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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