Noun: blather bla-dhu(r)
- Foolish gibberish
"The old man's stories were mostly blather, but entertaining nonetheless";
- blatherskite [N. Amer], jibber-jabber
- Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
"The old men's blather about the weather seemed to go on forever";
- prate, prattle, idle talk, blether [UK, dialect], chin music [US, informal], twattle [UK, dialect]
- To talk foolishly
"The two women blathered and crooned at the baby";
- babble, smatter [rare], blether [UK, dialect], blither [informal], blatter [informal]
Derived forms: blathered, blathering, blathers
Type of: blab [informal], blabber [informal], chatter, clack [informal], gabble, gibber, gibberish, jibber-jabber, maunder, palaver [informal], piffle [informal], prate, prattle, rabbit [Brit, informal], tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], twattle [UK, dialect], vapor [US], vapour [Brit, Cdn], witter [Brit, informal], yabber [informal], yack [informal], yackety-yak [informal], yak [informal], yakety-yak [informal], yatter [informal]