BLATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blather mean? 

• BLATHER (noun)
  The noun BLATHER has 1 sense:

1. foolish gibberish

  Familiarity information: BLATHER used as a noun is very rare.

• BLATHER (verb)
  The verb BLATHER has 1 sense:

1. to talk foolishly

  Familiarity information: BLATHER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLATHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foolish gibberish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blather; blatherskite

Hypernyms ("blather" is a kind of...):

gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)

Derivation:

blather (to talk foolishly)

• BLATHER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they blather    ... he / she / it blathers   
Past simple: blathered   
Past participle: blathered   
-ing form: blathering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To talk foolishly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter

Context example:

The two women babbled and crooned at the baby

Hypernyms (to "blather" is one way to...):

blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue blather

Derivation:

blather (foolish gibberish)