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- DictionaryBleth·er/ˈbleTHər/
verb
- 1. talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense: "there's plenty of stuff I could blether about from today"
noun
- 1. long-winded talk with no real substance: "some stupid blether about puns surrounding the Beatles"
noun, verb. UK uk / ˈbleð.ə r/ us / ˈbleð.ɚ / Add to word list. → blather informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ways of talking. atonally. beg the question idiom. blah. blither. come out. coo. pipe up. prate. spit something out. spluttery. stammer. stiltedly. sweet nothings. talk nonsense idiom. talk through your hat idiom. tattle.
noun. blather. blether. / ˈblɛðə / verb. a variant spelling of blather. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of blether 1. C16: from Old Norse blathra , from blathr nonsense. Discover More. Example Sentences. He replied, Och, we just boomed yon stone boxes until they stopped their blether, and then went to the next one.
Definitions of blether. noun. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. synonyms: chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle. see more. verb. to talk foolishly. synonyms: babble, blather, blither, smatter. see more.
Define blether. blether synonyms, blether pronunciation, blether translation, English dictionary definition of blether. v. & n. Variant of blather.
blether in British English. (ˈblɛðə ) verb, noun. Scottish a variant spelling of blather. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from Old Norse blathra, from blathr nonsense. Word Frequency.
Definition of blether verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "BLETHER": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
What does the verb blether mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb blether. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect and Scottish English.
blether. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bleth‧er /ˈbleðə $ -ər/ verb [ intransitive] to talk about things that are not important – used especially in Scotland —blether noun [ countable, uncountable] → See Verb table.
May 20, 2024 · blether (third-person singular simple present blethers, present participle bletherin, simple past blethert, past participle blethert) to blather. Categories: English lemmas. English nouns. English uncountable nouns.
