Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To chatter; babble.
- noun Idle chatter.
- noun A blabbermouth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To speak inarticulately; babble; mumble.
- To tell tales; blab; talk idly.
- To fib; falter.
- To whistle to a horse.
- noun A tattler; a telltale.
- Swollen; protruding: as, blabber-lipped; blabber cheeks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun one who blabr; a tattler; a telltale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to run one's mouth in such a way as to (inadvertently/unintentionally) spoil a surprise
- noun A person who
blabs ; a tattler; a telltale.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- noun one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But come on, in a comic book (especially in a manga-style one), such blabber is out of place.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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But come on, in a comic book (especially in a manga-style one), such blabber is out of place.
Archive 2003-04-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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It wouldn’t be an assault on my mind like watching Palin blabber on about elitism.
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Seeing that I'm going to graduate school to explore questions of sexuality and gender within Video Games in a very serious way in about six months, I find your drunken "blabber" actually pretty spot on.
Speaking Of Maturity SVGL 2009
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When will the intelligentia of our Nation see through this woman who is nothing but a "blabber" of worst kind.
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When will the intelligentia of our Nation see through this woman who is nothing but a "blabber" of worst kind.
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Putin said he and Medvedev frequently discussed foreign policy but claimed that the decisions were always left to Medvedev and dismissed as "blabber" the notion that he was still running the country.
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Trump said in a statement that he was surprised to hear Cosby blabber, somewhat incoherently, 'you run or shut up.'
Trump will 'probably' run as independent for White House 2011
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The blabber mouth went to five different colleges just to get a degree in journalism.
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Kudos to the first angry white conservative to blabber about reverse racism though.
Obama: Virginia governor's slavery omission 'unacceptable' 2010
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Mudambo was so excited to see his saviours he could hardly speak. "Gah bless you bloth!" he blabbered.
- William Steig, Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa
September 20, 2008