"blathering" meaning in English

See blathering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: blatherings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blathering (plural blatherings)
  1. Incoherent or foolish talk.
    Sense id: en-blathering-en-noun-2GE8jwDO Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 5 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 4 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 4 9
  2. Meaningless nonsense.
    Sense id: en-blathering-en-noun-MVLIMDHJ Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blathering
  1. present participle and gerund of blather Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blather
    Sense id: en-blathering-en-verb-Y4r8hIOe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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