blithered

verb

past tense of blither
as in blathered

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  1. trolled
  2. sputtered
  3. pattered
  4. bleated
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  • After his victory, Moskowitz trolled the online influencer Hasan Piker, who was a high-profile booster of Larkin’s campaign.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the message from NOAA Fisheries after many tuna fishermen reportedly trolled their gear too close to massive humpback whales.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of trolled
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  • Wankel turned a valve, and billion-year-old brine sputtered out of one of the pipes.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of sputtered
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  • Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
  • As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of pattered
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  • The old man bleated out a laugh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of bleated
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