Definition

1. Noun:

   • Idle, foolish, or irrelevant talk: "Blether" refers to speech that is meaningless, silly, or lacks substance.
   • An instance of such talk: It can also refer to a specific act or session of talking in this manner.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To talk foolishly or at length about trivial matters: To engage in blether; to chatter or babble without saying anything important.

Examples

• Noun:

  • I tried to listen, but it was just a lot of blether about the weather.
  • Ignore his political theories; it's all blether.

• Verb:

  • They would blether for hours over a cup of tea.
  • He's not making a serious point; he's just blethering.

Advanced Usage

• "To be full of blether": To be characterized by or prone to foolish talk.

  • His latest article is full of blether and lacks any real evidence.

• "A bletherer": (noun, derived) A person who blethers.

  • She's a lovely woman, but she's a bit of a bletherer.

Variants and Related Words

• Blather (noun/verb): A more common variant with the same meaning.

  • He dismissed the report as mere blather.

• Blethers (noun, plural): Multiple instances or pieces of foolish talk.

  • We had to sit through his endless blethers.

Synonyms

• Prate: To talk foolishly or at tedious length.
• Gibberish: Unintelligible or meaningless speech.
• Twaddle: Silly or trivial talk or writing.

Related Phrases

• "To blether on": To continue talking foolishly or incessantly.

  • Once he starts about his garden, he'll blether on for ages.

• "A blethering idiot": (idiomatic, derogatory) A person who talks nonsense.

  • Don't listen to him; he's a blethering idiot.

Noun

1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

Verb

1. to talk foolishly
   • The two women babbled and crooned at the baby