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as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
a blabber who always wastes my time with drivel
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as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the parents were delighted by their toddler's blabber and encouraged her to learn real words
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as in to blather
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Recent Examples of blabber
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
But rather than keep his discover quiet, the OP—much to everyone else's disappointment—blabbered.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blabber
Verb
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As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
20 May 2025
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Back to the twists, in the scene where Anna is on the truth serum and is blathering, what is the truth serum that is used and how did that idea come about?—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
Noun
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The effect of a chunky gold costume jewelry necklace or a Victorian cocktail ring is transformative—drawing the eye of curious magpies and average onlookers to tell a story as unique as a gemstone or antique setting itself.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
21 May 2025
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One rare example is the Australian magpie, a bird that has been known to swoop down and peck at people, sometimes delivering serious injuries.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Noun
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This nonsense all tracks back to a May 9 visit Baraka, McIver and other members of Congress made to a New Jersey immigration detention center.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Stellar Blade was one of my favorite games of last year, a stellar (ha) action adventure title that did not deserve the culture war nonsense that surrounded it.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Billy, born in a television episode airing this spring, quietly babbles as Sedona, 4 and precocious, manages her younger brother Liam, 2.—
Hunter Harris,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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And her new partner, Lafferty (Dash Mihok), an old buddy of her dismissive boss (Patch Darragh), would rather babble about his digestive woes than help the desperate women of Kensington.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Ahead of the audiobook’s May 7 release, and a promotional tour that Wilson admitted is poised to put their love of chat to the ultimate test, the authors spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about all things gab.—
Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Trump’s tendency to gab meant that minimizing his time on the witness stand was a no-brainer.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2023
Noun
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On December 7, after a 4-2 defeat at Brentford, Newcastle were 12th in the table and, externally, there was chatter about Eddie Howe’s position.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Suddenly, though, there is a confluence of intriguing points: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that, if the chatter is to be believed, will see resistance in the Senate but that resistance will be about some combination of spending cuts and tax increases.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 May 2025
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“Blabber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blabber. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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