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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