MEANING
Long, rambling talk that contains little useful meaning.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- endless blather
- political blather
On the page
Enough blather, she said; who had actually authorized the payment?
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- blather
- Past tense
- blathered
- Past participle
- blathered
- Present participle
- blathering
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: blathers.
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