"blether" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blethers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blether (countable and uncountable, plural blethers)
  1. (especially Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather Tags: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, countable, especially, uncountable Alternative form of: blather
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Verb

Forms: blethers [present, singular, third-person], blethering [participle, present], blethered [participle, past], blethered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} blether (third-person singular simple present blethers, present participle blethering, simple past and past participle blethered)
  1. (especially Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather Tags: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, especially Alternative form of: blather Derived forms: bletherer
    Sense id: en-blether-en-verb-YsVn-L6H Categories (other): Northern England English, Northern Irish English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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