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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.
[Old Norse bladhra; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
blath′er·er n.blather (ˈblæðə) or blethervb (intr) to speak foolishlyn1. foolish talk; nonsense2. a person who blathers[C15: from Old Norse blathra, from blathr nonsense]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. blather
Past participle: blathered
Gerund: blathering
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| I blather | | you blather | | he/she/it blathers | | we blather | | you blather | | they blather |
| Preterite |
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| I blathered | | you blathered | | he/she/it blathered | | we blathered | | you blathered | | they blathered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am blathering | | you are blathering | | he/she/it is blathering | | we are blathering | | you are blathering | | they are blathering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have blathered | | you have blathered | | he/she/it has blathered | | we have blathered | | you have blathered | | they have blathered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was blathering | | you were blathering | | he/she/it was blathering | | we were blathering | | you were blathering | | they were blathering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had blathered | | you had blathered | | he/she/it had blathered | | we had blathered | | you had blathered | | they had blathered |
| Future |
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| I will blather | | you will blather | | he/she/it will blather | | we will blather | | you will blather | | they will blather |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have blathered | | you will have blathered | | he/she/it will have blathered | | we will have blathered | | you will have blathered | | they will have blathered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be blathering | | you will be blathering | | he/she/it will be blathering | | we will be blathering | | you will be blathering | | they will be blathering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been blathering | | you have been blathering | | he/she/it has been blathering | | we have been blathering | | you have been blathering | | they have been blathering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been blathering | | you will have been blathering | | he/she/it will have been blathering | | we will have been blathering | | you will have been blathering | | they will have been blathering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been blathering | | you had been blathering | | he/she/it had been blathering | | we had been blathering | | you had been blathering | | they had been blathering |
| Conditional |
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| I would blather | | you would blather | | he/she/it would blather | | we would blather | | you would blather | | they would blather |
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| I would have blathered | | you would have blathered | | he/she/it would have blathered | | we would have blathered | | you would have blathered | | they would have blathered |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | blather - foolish gibberishblatherskitegibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking | | Verb | 1. |  blather - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"blether, blither, smatter, babbleblabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
blatherverb1. 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.noun1. 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.blatherverbTo talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly:babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle.noun1. 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.Translationsαερολογίαdéblatérerвякатьblather
Related to blather: trypanosomiasisSynonyms for blatherverb chatterSynonyms- chatter
- ramble
- mumble
- babble
- waffle
- rabbit on
- drivel
- yap
- tattle
- jabber
- gabble
- blether
- run off at the mouth
- prate
noun nonsenseSynonyms- nonsense
- gossip
- chatter
- hot air
- waffle
- pap
- bilge
- drivel
- twaddle
- gibberish
- guff
- tattle
- moonshine
- jabbering
- jabber
- verbiage
- gabble
- claptrap
- gobbledegook
- hogwash
- hokum
- piffle
- poppycock
- inanity
- blether
- bunkum or buncombe
Synonyms for blatherverb to talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctlySynonyms- babble
- chatter
- gabble
- gibber
- jabber
- prate
- prattle
noun unintelligible or foolish talkSynonyms- babble
- blatherskite
- double talk
- gabble
- gibberish
- jabber
- jabberwocky
- jargon
- nonsense
- prate
- prattle
- twaddle
noun something that does not have or make senseSynonyms- balderdash
- bunkum
- claptrap
- drivel
- garbage
- idiocy
- nonsense
- piffle
- poppycock
- rigmarole
- rubbish
- tomfoolery
- trash
- twaddle
- tommyrot
- applesauce
- baloney
- bilge
- bull
- bunk
- crap
- hooey
- malarkey
Synonyms for blathernoun foolish gibberishSynonymsRelated Wordsverb to talk foolishlySynonyms- blether
- blither
- smatter
- babble
Related Words- blabber
- palaver
- piffle
- prate
- prattle
- tattle
- tittle-tattle
- twaddle
- gabble
- gibber
- blab
- clack
- maunder
- chatter
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