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BLATHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foolish gibberish
Synonyms:
blather; blatherskite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blather" is a kind of...):
gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)
Derivation:
blather (to talk foolishly)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they blather ... he / she / it blathers
Past simple: blathered
Past participle: blathered
-ing form: blathering
Sense 1
Meaning:
To talk foolishly
Example:
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Synonyms:
babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blather" is one way to...):
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue blather
Derivation:
blather (foolish gibberish)
