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Dictionary: blath·er   (blăTH'ər) pronunciation also bleth·er
(blĕTH'-)
intr.v., -ered, also -ered, -er·ing, -er·ing, -ers, -ers.
To talk nonsensically.

n.
Nonsensical talk.

[Old Norse bladhra.]

blatherer blath'er·er n.

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verb

    To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle. See words.

noun

  1. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle. See words.
  2. Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: foolish gibberish
  Synonym: blatherskite


The verb blather has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to talk foolishly
  Synonyms: babble, smatter, blether, blither


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - ævle, pladre
n. - pladder, ævl

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin uitslaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - parler à tort et à travers, (Écosse) brailler
n. - bêtise, fadaise, (Écosse) causette

Deutsch (German)
v. - Unsinn reden
n. - unsinniges Gerede

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φλυαρώ ακατάπαυστα
n. - μωρολογία, ακατάπαυστη φλυαρία

Italiano (Italian)
dire fesserie, blaterare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - papear (coloq.)
n. - bate-papo (m) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
трепаться, болтать, пустословить

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - decir tonterías
n. - tonterías, charlatán

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - prata dumheter, pladdra
n. - munväder

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
喋喋不休地说, 说废话, 废话, 胡说

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 喋喋不休地說, 說廢話
n. - 廢話, 胡說

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 지껄여대다
n. - 헛소리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばか話
v. - ばか話をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ثرثر (الاسم) ثرثرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮דיבר שטויות‬
n. - ‮שטויות‬


 
 
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