blatherv.
/ˈblaðə/, U.S. /ˈblæðər/ Originally dialect.
intransitive. To talk foolishly, talk nonsense. Often in participial adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]
chattera1250
drivelc1390
clatter1401
chatc1440
smattera1450
pratec1460
blaver1461
babble?1504
blether1524
boblec1530
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
fable1579
tinkle1638
whiffle1706
slaver1730
doitera1790
jaunder1808
haver1816
maunder1816
blather1825
yatter1825
blat1846
bibble-babble1888
flap-doodle1893
twiddle1893
spiel1894
rot1896
blither1903
to run off at the mouth1908
drool1923
twiddle-twaddle1925
crap1940
natter1942
yack1950
yacker1961
yacket1969
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) He blathers and talks, is a common phrase where much is said to little purpose. A person of this kind is..styled a blathering hash.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed iv. 59 If you were only a mass of blathering vanity,..I wouldn't mind.
1892 Cassell's Family Mag. Dec. 11/1 Hold your tongues, you blathering idiots.
1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 504/1 Morland had a blathering contempt for nobility and society.
1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids i. 15 Gentlemanly tones which blathered about this ‘magnificent spectacle’ and ‘unique phenomenon’.
Derivatives
ˈblatherer n. a foolish talker (1866 in Eng. Dial. Dict.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
chaterestrea1250
jangler1303
babbler1366
blabbererc1375
jangleressc1386
talkerc1386
clatterer1388
cacklera1400
languager1436
carperc1440
mamblerc1450
praterc1500
jackdaw?1520
chewet1546
flibbertigibbet1549
clatterfart1552
patterer1552
piec1557
long tongue?1562
prattler1567
piet1574
twattler1577
brawler1581
nimble-chops1581
pratepie1582
roita1585
whittera1585
full-mouth1589
interprater1591
chatterer1592
pianet1594
bablatrice1595
parakeet1598
Bow-bell cockney1600
prattle-basket1602
bagpipe1603
worder1606
babliaminy1608
chougha1616
gabbler1624
blatterer1627
magpie1632
prate-apace1636
rattlea1637
clack1640
blateroon1647
overtalker1654
prate-roast1671
prattle-box1671
babelard1678
twattle-basket1688
mouth1699
tongue-pad1699
chatterista1704
rattler1709
morologist1727
chatterbox1774
palaverer1788
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
slangwhanger1807
nash-gab1816
pump1823
windbag1827
big mouth1834
gasbag1841
chattermag1844
tattle-monger1848
rattletrap1850
gasser1855
mouth almighty1864
clucker1869
talky-talky1869
gabster1870
loudmouth1870
tonguester1871
palaverista1873
mag1876
jawsmith1887
spieler1894
twitterer1895
yabbler1901
wordster1904
poofter1916
blatherer1920
ear-bender1922
burbler1923
woofer1934
ear-basher1944
motormouth1955
yacker1960
yammerer1978
jay-
1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go iii. i. 76 They've got a set of loud-mouthed blatherers and agitators among them.
1951 Ess. in Crit. 1 17 I sympathize with O'Casey's character Who called him ‘a tired-out old blatherer’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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v.1825see also
- shake one's head
- shake one's money-maker
- shake one's moneymaker
- shake one's sides
- shake oneself awake
- shake oneself free
- shake oneself loose
- shake oneself sober
- shake out
- shake out of
- shake rake (up, walk off with) the persimmon
- shake rake (up, walk off with) the persimmons
- shake roof
- shake rotten
- shake shanks
- shake shanty
- shake that thing
- shake the cross
- shake the dust from or off one's feet
- shake the dust off one's feet
- shake the elbow
- shake the midriff
- shake the money tree
- shell-red
- shell-roll