blether
Americannoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of blether
C16: from Old Norse blathra , from blathr nonsense
Example Sentences
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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
She was always late for class in the morning because she would stay back at breakfast club to blether.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2019
If she insists on multi-platform, box-ticking, cultural blether, on nationwide searches for top arts talent, we can join forces with other Radio 4 listeners and tell her what's what.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2013
Every literary culture has among its first bearings the "blether" of animals who seek to make sense of human existence.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2010
There were several men in Barbie who liked to talk in that way, and among them Puffy Importance, when graciously inclined, found ready listeners to his pompous blether about the "Univairsity."
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
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