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blather

American  
[blath-er] / ˈblæð ər /
Also blether

noun

  1. foolish, voluble talk.

    His speech was full of the most amazing blather.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Also blither to talk or utter foolishly; babble.

    The poor thing blathered for hours about the intricacies of his psyche.
blather British  
/ ˈblæðə /

verb

  1. (intr) to speak foolishly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. foolish talk; nonsense

  2. a person who blathers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • blatherer noun

Etymology

Origin of blather

From Middle English; Old Norse blathra “to chatter, blabber”

Example Sentences

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"All this blather about Mr Adams being a member of the army council is not something you have to decide," he told the jury.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

After all the idealistic blather on both sides, it boils down to TV money, and Florida State sold its soul to that devil long, long ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2023

They may be cutting back on how much he can blather on-air, but in the end, that's mainly to his benefit.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

Within moments of their meeting in 1950 in New York City, he bursts suavely into song — some presumptuous romantic blather about the two of them together under “a chapel of stars.”

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Rosy and Gosling were pugnaciously assertive: their future course of action would be unaffected by their fifty-mile excursion into adolescent blather.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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