blether n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: {prate}, {prattle}, {idle talk}, {blether}, {chin music}] v 1: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: {babble}, {blather}, {smatter}, {blether}, {blither}]
Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Blathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blathering}.] [Written also {blether}.] [Icel. bla[eth]ra. Cf. {Blatherskite}.] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically, or concerning matters of no consequence. --G. Eliot. Syn: babble, smatter, blether, blither. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
Blather \Blath"er\, n. [Written also {blether}.] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. --Hall Caine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]