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blather

American  
[blath-er] / ˈblæð ər /
Also blether

noun

  1. foolish, voluble talk.

    His speech was full of the most amazing blather.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Also blither to talk or utter foolishly; babble.

    The poor thing blathered for hours about the intricacies of his psyche.
blather British  
/ ˈblæðə /

verb

  1. (intr) to speak foolishly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. foolish talk; nonsense

  2. a person who blathers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • blatherer noun

Etymology

Origin of blather

From Middle English; Old Norse blathra “to chatter, blabber”

Example Sentences

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"All this blather about Mr Adams being a member of the army council is not something you have to decide," he told the jury.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

All three leads croon along with these pure emotions, each one believing they’ve grown to know each other, either through their own lyrics or Charles’ nonstop blather.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Why not just ignore her and carry on with his usual blather about shower heads and windmills and tales of his former glory?

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

Within moments of their meeting in 1950 in New York City, he bursts suavely into song — some presumptuous romantic blather about the two of them together under “a chapel of stars.”

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2023

For one thing, we couldn’t understand a word they were saying, since it was all private jokes and wealthy early-adopter sub-vuvv prep-school-blazer blather.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

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