blether

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bleth·er

(blĕth′ər)

v. & n.

Variant of blather.

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blether

(ˈblɛðə)

vb, n

Scot a variant spelling of blather

[C16: from Old Norse blathra, from blathr nonsense]

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blath•er

(ˈblæð ər)
n.

1. foolish, voluble talk.

v.i.

2. to talk foolishly; blither; babble.

[1815–25; alter. of blether, appar. < Old Norse blathra to chatter, blabber]

blath′er•er, n.

blether

Past participle: blethered
Gerund: blethering

Imperative
blether
blether

Present
I blether
you blether
he/she/it blethers
we blether
you blether
they blether

Preterite
I blethered
you blethered
he/she/it blethered
we blethered
you blethered
they blethered

Present Continuous
I am blethering
you are blethering
he/she/it is blethering
we are blethering
you are blethering
they are blethering

Present Perfect
I have blethered
you have blethered
he/she/it has blethered
we have blethered
you have blethered
they have blethered

Past Continuous
I was blethering
you were blethering
he/she/it was blethering
we were blethering
you were blethering
they were blethering

Past Perfect
I had blethered
you had blethered
he/she/it had blethered
we had blethered
you had blethered
they had blethered

Future
I will blether
you will blether
he/she/it will blether
we will blether
you will blether
they will blether

Future Perfect
I will have blethered
you will have blethered
he/she/it will have blethered
we will have blethered
you will have blethered
they will have blethered

Future Continuous
I will be blethering
you will be blethering
he/she/it will be blethering
we will be blethering
you will be blethering
they will be blethering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blethering
you have been blethering
he/she/it has been blethering
we have been blethering
you have been blethering
they have been blethering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blethering
you will have been blethering
he/she/it will have been blethering
we will have been blethering
you will have been blethering
they will have been blethering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blethering
you had been blethering
he/she/it had been blethering
we had been blethering
you had been blethering
they had been blethering

Conditional
I would blether
you would blether
he/she/it would blether
we would blether
you would blether
they would blether

Past Conditional
I would have blethered
you would have blethered
he/she/it would have blethered
we would have blethered
you would have blethered
they would have blethered

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Noun	1.	blether - idle or foolish and irrelevant talk chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak, cackle - noisy talk
Verb	1.	blether - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" blather, blither, smatter, babble blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Translations

quasseln quatschen

blether

(Scot inf)

vi → quatschen (inf), → schwätzen (S Ger inf)

to have a good blether → einen ordentlichen Schwatz halten (inf)

(= person) → Quasselstrippe f (inf)

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