blatter

See also: Blatter, blätter, and Blätter

English

Etymology

From Latin blaterāre. Influenced by other expressive verbs ending in -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblæ.tər/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.tər/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

blatter (countable and uncountable, plural blatters)

1. Blather; foolish talk.
2. A sound of rapid motion.
3. A hard battering of rain.
   • 1901, Good Words, volume 42, page 7:

     Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […]

   • 1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy):

     Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.

Verb

blatter (third-person singular simple present blatters, present participle blattering, simple past and past participle blattered)

1. (intransitive) To blather.
2. (intransitive) To hurry or rush noisily.

Derived terms

• blatterer

 

Anagrams

• Barlett, Bartelt, Brattel, Talbert, battler, brattle