blether

/ˈblɛθər/
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Other forms: blethering; blethers; blethered

Definitions of blether
  1. noun
    idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
    synonyms: chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle
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    type of:
    cackle, chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak
    noisy talk
  2. verb
    to talk foolishly
    synonyms: babble, blather, blither, smatter
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    type of:
    blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, yammer
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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