blatter

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UK/ˈblat.ə/US/ˈblæt.əɹ/Scotland/ˈblat.ər/

noun

Blather; foolish talk.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounblatter (countable and uncountable, plural blatters)

plural blatters

  1. countableuncountableBlather; foolish talk.
  2. countableuncountableA sound of rapid motion.
  3. countableuncountableA hard battering of rain.

    Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […]

    1901, Good Words, volume 42, page 7
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    Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.

    1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 8
verbblatter (third-person singular simple present blatters, present participle blattering, simple past and past participle blattered)

present singular third person blatters · participle present blattering · participle past blattered · past blattered

  1. intransitiveTo blather.
  2. intransitiveTo hurry or rush noisily.

Origin

  1. Latinblaterāre
  2. Englishblatter

From Latin blaterāre. Influenced by other expressive verbs ending in -er.

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APA

blatter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blatter

MLA

“blatter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blatter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blatter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blatter.

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