Blether

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blather \Blath"er\, n. [Written also {blether}.]
     Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl.
     --Hall Caine.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blether
       n : idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: {prate}, {prattle},
            {idle talk}, {chin music}]
       v : to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the
           baby" [syn: {babble}, {blather}, {smatter}, {blither}]