BLATHER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they blather ... he / she / it blathers

Past simple: blathered

Past participle: blathered

-ing form: blathering

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)