blathering
present participle ofblather
blather
verb[I]
informaluk/ˈblæð.ər/us/ˈblæð.ɚ/(UKalsoblether)totalkfor alongtimein asillyorannoyingway:
What onearthare you blatheringonabout?
Stop blathering, woman!
Synonym
babble
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
Examplesofblathering
blathering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
There is to be more talk apparently—some of us would say more havers andblathering—but no action.
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So he wentblatheringon and on about the statistics.
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She isblatheringon nervously, while he is trying to hurry up the date.
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- speak/talk the same language
- speak-talk-the-same-language
- speak-to
- speak too soon
- speak-too-soon
- speak to sb
- speak-to-sb
- speak to someone
- speak to sth
- speak-to-sth
- speak up
- speak-up
- speak-up-for
- speak up for sb/sth
- speak-up-for-sb-sth
- speak up for someone/something
- speak volumes
- speak-volumes
- speak when you're spoken to!
- speak-when-you-re-spoken-to
- speak your mind
- speak-your-mind
- spear
- spear carrier
- spear-carrier