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BLATTER
Etymology 1
Noun
blatter (countable and uncountable, plural blatters)
Blather; foolish talk.
A sound of rapid motion.
Verb
blatter (third-person singular simple present blatters, present participle blattering, simple past and past participle blattered)
(intransitive) To blather.
(intransitive) To hurry or rush noisily.
Etymology 2
Noun
blatter (uncountable)
A hard battering of rain.
Anagrams
• Barlett, Bartelt, Brattel, Talbert, battler, brattle
Source: Wiktionary
Blat"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blattered.] Etym: [L. blaterare to babble: cf. F. blatérer to bleat.]
Definition: To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [Archaic] "The rain blattered." Jeffrey. They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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