Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - blather
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(blathers, blathering, blathered) If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant. The old men blather on and on... Stop blathering... He kept on blathering about police incompetence. VERB: V on, V, V about n • Blather is also a noun. Anyone knows that all this is blather. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. intransitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Old Norse blathra; akin to Middle High German blodern to chatter Date: 1524 to talk foolishly at length — often used with on • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1719 1. voluble nonsensical or inconsequential talk or writing 2. stir, commotion ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. (also blether) --n. foolish chatter. --v.intr. chatter foolishly. Etymology: ME blather, Sc. blether, f. ON blathra talk nonsense f. blathr nonsense ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1524, Scottish, probably from a Scand. source, such as O.N. blathr "to chatter, babble." Blatherskite "talker of blatant nonsense" (1650) was popularized in U.S. during the Revolution by the Scottish song "Maggie Lauder." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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