blatter

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[blat-er] / ˈblæt ər /

verb (used without object)

1. to chatter volubly.

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verb (used with object)

1. to utter volubly.

noun

1. the act or sound of blattering.

Other Word Forms

• blatterer
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of blatter

1545–55; < Latin blaterāre to prate, babble; use and spelling probably altered by association with other expressive verbs ending in -er ⁶

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

blatter

He very nearly breaks clear into the box, but Clyne is tenacious and recovers well to blatter the ball away from danger.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2015

I’m not your man, and we’re not going to have any of that kind of blatter.

From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett

But at that wretched Lupton early rising was part of the infernal blether and blatter of the place, that made life there like a long dinner in which every dish has the same sauce.

From The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen

"But why did you lead me on to talk this sort of blatter to you?" he asked in an aggrieved voice.

From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

As we proceed, francolins of three varieties run across the path, and hundreds of turtle-doves rise, with great blatter of wing, and fly off to the trees. 

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by David Livingstone

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