blather (on)

verb

ˈbla-t͟hər How to pronounce blather (on) (audio)
Definition of blather (on)next
as in to ramble
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blather (on)
  1. ramble
  2. rattle
  3. go on
Verb
  • The Democratic Party lost the presidency to an unpopular, indisciplined authoritarian with a penchant for rambling incoherently about Hannibal Lecter — again.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, these meteors ramble along in space and are especially noticeable from late October into early November, when both the Southern and Northern Taurids overlap.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of ramble
Verb
  • Trump, who has held an edge on the economy in most polls, has been going full bore on the issue, proposing a bevy of individual tax breaks and general tariffs that could rattle the world of international trade.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Just before our trip began, a group of St. Louis Neo Nazis had draped swastikas on an overpass in an act of pre-election saber rattling.
    Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of rattle
Verb
  • The whole thing was strangely riveting for something that had so little going on in it.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • His book, Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC, had just gone on sale.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of go on
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