Usually means: Excessive talk without meaningful content.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word blather:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. blather: Merriam-Webster
  2. blather: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blather: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. blather: Collins English Dictionary
  5. blather: Vocabulary.com
  6. Blather, blather: Wordnik
  7. blather: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. blather: Wiktionary
  9. blather: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. blather: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. blather: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Blather, blather: Dictionary.com
  13. blather: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. blather: Rhymezone
  15. BLATHER: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  16. blather: FreeDictionary.org
  17. blather: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. blather: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. blather: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blather: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blather: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Blather: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  2. blather: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive, derogatory) To talk rapidly without making much sense.
verb:  (transitive, derogatory) To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.
noun:  (derogatory) Foolish or nonsensical talk.
noun:  Obsolete form of bladder. [(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.]

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