to blether
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈblɛðə/
- UK
:
hablar
- You two are crazed eejits, I said, that wee so-called bird you're blethering about me shagging was Mary, the woman herself, the one who walked out on me for this dirty evil bastard that she walked out on me for, and I'm not a guy to go over the top; if you ever knew me at all, you must at least credit me with that.
Examples
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During the meeting, he just kept blethering about trivia instead of getting to the main points.
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I listened to my friend blether on about her favorite TV shows for nearly an hour.
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She couldn't stop blethering about her weekend plans, excited to share every detail.
Synonyms
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2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
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4.4
Talk quickly in a silly way that is hard to understand
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6.2
Talk for a long time in an unclear way about small unimportant things
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8.0
To talk a lot in a silly way that makes little sense
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8.4
To talk on and on in a silly way about unimportant things
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9.9
To talk in a silly, confused way that has little meaning
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7.8
To talk too much and tell secrets carelessly
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6.6
To talk for a long time about small boring things
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9.9
To speak for a long time in a proud way with little real meaning
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7.9
To talk quickly and unclearly so others cannot understand you
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9.9
To talk for a long time about things that do not matter
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7.0
To talk in a silly way that makes no sense
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9.9
To talk for a long time about silly or unimportant things
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9.3
To talk for a long time about unimportant things in a boring way
To talk a lot in a silly, pointless way
To talk for a long time about unimportant things in a silly way
To speak quickly in a confused or silly way
To talk a lot without saying anything important
To talk in a boring way without saying anything useful
To talk or act in a silly, unimportant way
To talk in a slow, unclear way about unimportant things
How Pointless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blether as a verb comes from the same Scots root meaning 'to chatter' and is like blather, so you can remember that to blether is to talk on and on in a silly or pointless way.