Definition of BLATHER

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”).

Scrabble Score: 12

blather: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
blather: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blather: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

blather: valid Words With Friends Word