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blather.

Noun
Conversational
MEANING

Long, rambling talk that contains little useful meaning.

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Words that belong together

  • endless blather
  • political blather

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Enough blather, she said; who had actually authorized the payment?

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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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