verb
- talking at length in a foolish or pointless way; talking nonsense
Usage: informal; chiefly Scottish and Northern English
adjective
- talking foolishly or at tedious length; characterized by pointless chatter
Usage: informal; chiefly Scottish and Northern English
Examples
- He spent the whole meeting blethering about topics nobody cared about.
- Stop blethering and get to the point!
- That blethering old man never knows when to stop talking.
- She was blethering on about her vacation for hours.
- His blethering speech put half the audience to sleep.
- Don't listen to him—he's just blethering nonsense again.