blether
Americannoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of blether
C16: from Old Norse blathra , from blathr nonsense
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Julie said Caroline was "so big on family" and described her as a "wee blether" who loved to chat.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
Karl rang up Seamus Heaney to point out a mistake in a stanza: ‘Scottish sheep don’t chatter – they blether’
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2019
She was always late for class in the morning because she would stay back at breakfast club to blether.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2019
The Manic Street Preachers – Wales's go-to band for insurrectionist blether – have nothing on this.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2013
Oh, I can hear him spoutin' away about me ... he got into parliament soon after that, an' used to denounce landlords an' blether away about progress.
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
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