Blither

/ˈblɪðə/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive, informal or UK, dialectal) To talk foolishly; to blather..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, informal or UK, dialectal) To talk foolishly; to blather.
2. (informal or UK, dialectal, uncountable) Foolish or nonsensical talk; blather; (countable) an instance of this.
3. (countable, by extension, derogatory, dated) A foolish person; a fool, an idiot.
4. comparative form of blithe: more blithe

Example Sentences

Personality is what I am aiming at, not mere manners. That is not strong enough for a man who "blithers" as you do.

If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back.

He called you man, but he blithered a lot, you would hardly heed at all what he said— […]

I mean, how does one blither? How can one stop blithering? How do I know when I am blithering? Or is blithering perhaps a useful core activity these days?

Andrews was blithering now. It was sad, really, to watch a skilled professional sink so quickly into the quagmire.

You've reduced me down to the dregs / You won't seduce me, though I stand here and beg / I'm blithering, you're dithering, I'm your slithering fool.

Mary the maid blithered away, worrying about the state of the coppers in the kitchen, who would collect the hens' eggs […]

He also knows if the work of the lyric poet be simply "stringin' blithers together, for fools to sing," that a very large percentage of the literary work of the world has been done in vain and this can by no means be admitted.

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• blithers
• blithering
• blithered

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