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noun

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as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly a blabber who always wastes my time with drivel

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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 blabber
Verb
But rather than keep his discover quiet, the OP—much to everyone else's disappointment—blabbered. — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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
  • In the clip, the magpie can be seen swooping down to land on the back of the muntjac, which is otherwise minding its own business.
    — Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Novelists are alarmingly like magpies: always stealing snippets, pieces that shine, from the world around them.
    — Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 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
  • But the Dutton nephew is not hearing any of that nonsense.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The 38-piece capsule captures the show’s sense of kooky nautical nonsense, the lovable yellow sponge’s face crocheted into a pipsqueak-sized tote bag, printed onto swim trunks, and plastered on slingback espadrilles.
    — Violet Goldstone, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • Hall of Mosses Trail What to Listen For: The babbling Hoh River will, unsurprisingly, accompany you on the Hoh River Trail.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Agent Collins is worried (side note: AS HE SHOULD BE) and babbles a little about how Teri is stuck in Atlanta.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
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
  • The combat is usually riddled with party chatter and characters shouting their special moves, which creates a high-energy crescendo of sights and sounds when paired with the excellent battle music.
    — PCMAG, PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This set off some table-wide chatter about the most recent World Series, which the Yankees lost to the Dodgers in somewhat humiliating fashion, capped off by a disastrous error-riddled inning that saw a five-run lead evaporate in the decisive Game 5.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of chatter

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“Blabber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blabber. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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