First Known Use: 1524
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1blather
verb blath·er \ˈbla-thər\
blath·eredblath·er·ing \-th(ə-)riŋ\
Definition of BLATHER
intransitive verb
: to talk foolishly at length —often used with on
— blath·er·er \-thər-ər\ noun
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Origin of BLATHER
Old Norse blathra; akin to Middle High German blōdern to chatter
2blather
noun
: foolish or dull talk or writing that continues for a long time
Full Definition of BLATHER
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: voluble nonsensical or inconsequential talk or writing
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First Known Use of BLATHER
1719
Related to BLATHER
- Synonyms
- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, commotion, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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