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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
Noun
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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Yet in the president’s social media blathering last week came something shocking: an admission that deportations don’t really work.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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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
Noun
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Experts suggest that not all magpies are aggressive.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Wayne is also a ferocious magpie of information, an endless spinner of theories and weaver of connections, a writer of feverish, private dispatches.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Outside Online,
5 June 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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All of this exploring and staying open and slow-burn nonsense left us with half the villa coupled up but stagnant — unwilling to stray but unwilling to grow — and the other half hopelessly single.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
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Despite the great Roger Ebert’s own glowing review, many of his contemporaries couldn’t all see of its greatness, with many dismissing it as nonsense or mere shock entertainment.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Verb
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Yet the sequel also arrived the year after the first election of Donald Trump, a figure seemingly drawn from Lynch’s menagerie of babbling weirdos.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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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
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
Verb
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Chatting with the Oscar winner about her go-to wide-leg jeans (the trend-setter has been going barrel since before the denim style gained mass appeal) was like stepping into that scene in every Nancy Meyers movie where the gals gab about divorce over a buttery chard.—
Brie Schwartz,
Glamour,
27 May 2025
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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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There was a lot of chatter about the government replenishing local government consumer subsidy funds after strong demand, which led to depletion in several cities.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Based on all the chatter coming out of camp, Wilson already seems to be having a positive influence on the Giants.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Blabber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blabber. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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