blether
/'bləðə/ Cách viết khác : (blather) /'blæðə/
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Definition
Noun:
- Idle, foolish, or irrelevant talk: "Blether" refers to speech that is meaningless, silly, or lacks substance.
- An instance of such talk: It can also refer to a specific act or session of talking in this manner.
Verb (intransitive):
- To talk foolishly or at length about trivial matters: To engage in blether; to chatter or babble without saying anything important.
Examples
Noun:
- I tried to listen, but it was just a lot of blether about the weather.
- Ignore his political theories; it's all blether.
Verb:
- They would blether for hours over a cup of tea.
- He's not making a serious point; he's just blethering.
Advanced Usage
"To be full of blether": To be characterized by or prone to foolish talk.
- His latest article is full of blether and lacks any real evidence.
"A bletherer": (noun, derived) A person who blethers.
- She's a lovely woman, but she's a bit of a bletherer.
Variants and Related Words
Blather (noun/verb): A more common variant with the same meaning.
- He dismissed the report as mere blather.
Blethers (noun, plural): Multiple instances or pieces of foolish talk.
- We had to sit through his endless blethers.
Synonyms
- Prate: To talk foolishly or at tedious length.
- Gibberish: Unintelligible or meaningless speech.
- Twaddle: Silly or trivial talk or writing.
Related Phrases
"To blether on": To continue talking foolishly or incessantly.
- Once he starts about his garden, he'll blether on for ages.
"A blethering idiot": (idiomatic, derogatory) A person who talks nonsense.
- Don't listen to him; he's a blethering idiot.
Noun
- idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
Verb
- to talk foolishly
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby