Syn: babble, smatter, blether, blither. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
blether — [bleth′ər] n., vi., vt. BLATHER … English World dictionary
blether — UK [ˈbleðə(r)] / US [ˈbleðər] verb [intransitive] Word forms blether : present tense I/you/we/they blether he/she/it blethers present participle blethering past tense blethered past participle blethered British informal to talk continuously about … English dictionary
blether — Blather Blath er, n. [Written also {blether}.] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; often in the pl. Hall Caine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blether — bleth|er [ˈbleðə US ər] v to talk about things that are not important used especially in Scotland >blether[i] n [U and C] … Dictionary of contemporary English
blether — verb (intransitive + on) especially ScotE to talk about things that are not important blether noun (C, U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blether — Usage: chiefly British variant of blather … New Collegiate Dictionary
blether — /bledh euhr/, n., v.i., v.t. blather. * * * … Universalium
blether — I Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Gossip, chat extensively II Mawdesley Glossary to say a lot about nothing, to talk pointlessly. III Yorkshire Dialect Talk nonsense IV Cleveland Dialect List to cry loudly like a fractious child … English dialects glossary
blether — bleth|er [ bleðər ] verb intransitive BRITISH INFORMAL to talk continuously about things that are not important ╾ bleth|er noun singular or uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
blether — bleth·er || bleðə n. foolish and irrelevant talk; nonsense v. blather, talk nonsense; talk in a silly manner … English contemporary dictionary
