[syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
Blathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blathering.] [Written also
blether.] [Icel. bla[eth]ra. Cf. Blatherskite.]
To talk foolishly, or nonsensically, or concerning matters of
no consequence. --G. Eliot.
Syn: babble, smatter, blether, blither.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blather \Blath"er\, n. [Written also blether.]
Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl.
--Hall Caine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blether
n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate,
prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music]
v 1: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at
the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether,
blither]