blatter
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Other Word Forms
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
Example Sentences
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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
As they advanced, various birds ran across their path, and clouds of turtle-doves filled the air with the blatter of their wings as they rose above the trees.
From Black Ivory by Francis B. Pearson
Patsy had been teaching her companion such phrases as "a blatter o' sleet," an "on-ding o' snaw," and a "thresh o' rain."
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
And in it were the sting of rain and the blatter of hail, the soft crush of snow and the rattle of thunder among crags.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan
The Deacon there couldna let blatter wi' a hearty oath to save his withered sowl.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
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