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noun

Definition of blabbernext
1
as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly a blabber who always wastes my time with drivel

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2
as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk the parents were delighted by their toddler's blabber and encouraged her to learn real words

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blabber

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verb

as in to blather

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blabber
  1. blather
  2. magpie
  3. prattle
  4. nonsense
  5. babble
  6. jabber
  7. gab
  8. chatter
Verb
  • In other words, to blather on about how unremarkable iPhone 16 is compared to the one immediately preceding it completely misses the forest for the trees.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But who needs to blather on when there is a brisk 90-minute set of lush ‘70s and ‘80s classics to administer?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of blather
Noun
  • Just take Bailey’s experience with the common UK superstition of saluting magpies for good luck.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Her magpie collecting led her to her early jewelry, with friends asking her for pieces.
    Thomas Waller, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of magpie
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of prattle
Noun
  • There is no nonsense in Ron Norsworthy’s gaze or tone.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And yeah, some of the items on his list are utter nonsense.
    Eric Miquelon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • The sketch opened with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump putting on a fluorescent sanitation worker vest and babbling to himself in exhaustion.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Feel the raw power of St. Lucia's volcanic formation at the island's Sulphur Springs, hidden among babbling rivers and waterfalls in the jungle near Soufrière.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of babble
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Definition of jabber
Verb
  • Ahead of the audiobook’s May 7 release, and a promotional tour that Wilson admitted is poised to put their love of chat to the ultimate test, the authors spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about all things gab.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Trump’s tendency to gab meant that minimizing his time on the witness stand was a no-brainer.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
Definition of gab
Noun
  • Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro runs down Powell’s limited chatter about it.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Around 9:15, someone turned up the volume and Rachel Maddow’s voice rose above the chatter, warning that results would be coming in all night.
    Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of chatter
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“Blabber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blabber. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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