blabber

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  1. intransitive verb To chatter; babble.
  2. noun Idle chatter.
  3. noun A blabbermouth.

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  • Starting with the February issue, here comes the blabber: Discus Men of Etka by Buchanan and Dr. Carr, and The Ultimate Metal by my old standby, Nat Schachner, are the best stories. —  Astounding Stories June, 1935
  • Great if you can post one of these so your readers Danny, turned on the AM this A.M. and the first thing I heard from the centrist blabber was some bright light in Illinois congressional delegation introduced some gun control legislation that former Representative Immanuel had sponsored last year. —  News Dissector Blog
  • Your way of thinking is what they judge. don't just blabber anything and everything.
  • Fat blabber mouth, infected cyst of a human being Rosie tried to revive the Variety Show and America spoke. —  Barking Moonbat Early Warning System
  • There's been rumors that the Saints might be in the business, but I think that's just pre-draft blabber.
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blab ·  over-emphasis ·  babbler ·  brawler ·  boaster
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English blaberen.

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  1. from Middle English blaberen, stammer, talk without reason, blabber, blab, = Low German blabbern = German plappern, blab, babble, = Danish blabbre, blabber, gabble: imitative words, prob. in part of independent origin. Similar forms of imitative origin are Swedish dial. bladdra, blaffra, prattle, D. Low German G. blaffen (later English blaff), yelp; Old High German blabbizōn, Middle High German blepzen, babble; Middle Latin blaberare, for L. blaterare, babble; Gaelic blabaran, a stammerer, blabhdach, babbling, plabair, a babbler; English blather, blether, babble, etc.
  2. from blabber, v.
  3. from Middle English blaber, blabyr. Cf. blab, bleb, blob, blobber, blubber, etc.
 

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