Dictionary Definition
blather n : foolish gibberish [syn: blatherskite] v : to talk
foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn:
babble, smatter, blether, blither]
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English
Alternative spellings
Etymology
From blaðra. To check: blaterare, onomatopoeia from the sound uttered by a camel.Pronunciation
- a UK /blæðə(r)/ /bl
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bavardage, be stupid,
bibble-babble, blab,
blabber, blah-blah,
blatherskite,
blether, blethers, blither, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunkum, burble, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter,
clack, claptrap, clatter, dither, dote, double-talk, drivel, drool, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flimflam, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go
on, gobbledygook,
gossip, guff, gush, haver, hocus-pocus, hokum, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabber, jargon, jaw, jazz, malarkey, maunder, mere talk, mumbo jumbo,
narrishkeit,
natter, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk, pack
of nonsense, palaver,
patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth,
prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble
on, rant, rattle, rattle on, reel off,
rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, run on,
skimble-skamble, slobber, spout, spout off, stuff and
nonsense, stultiloquence, talk
away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tittle-tattle,
trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle,
vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, yak, yakkety-yak