blather
Plural: blathers
Noun
- foolish gibberish
- Foolish or nonsensical talk.
- Obsolete form of bladder.
Verb
Verb Forms: blathered, blathering, blathers
- To talk foolishly or at length without making sense.
- to talk foolishly
- To talk rapidly without making much sense.
- To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.
Examples
- He would BLATHER on about his winning strategies, even if they were pure luck.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bletheren, bloderen, from Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). Cognate with Scots blether, bladder, bledder (“to blather”), dialectal German bladdern (“to talk nonsense, blather”), Norwegian bladra (“to babble, speak imperfectly”), Icelandic blaðra (“to twaddle”).
Synonyms
babble, blatherskite, blether, blither, smatter, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering, chatter, chinwag, chit-chat, claver, clepe, gabble, hot air, mardle, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, scuttlebutt, small talk, tattle, twaddle, waffle, yackety-yak, yap, yatter
Scrabble Score: 12
blather: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordblather: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blather: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary