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blatter

/ˈblat.ə/US/ˈblæt.əɹ/

blatter noun: blather; foolish talk.

Noun

blatter (countable and uncountable, plural blatters)

  1. Blather; foolish talk.
  2. A sound of rapid motion.
  3. A hard battering of rain.
    • Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […]1901, Good Words, volume 42, page 7
    • 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.1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 8

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.

blatter meaning in Tamil and Bengali

blatter in Tamil

வன்காற்று மழை, சடசடவென்று அடிக்கும் வன்காற்று மழை, சடசடவென்ற இரைச்சலுடன் பெய், சளசளவென்று உரையாடு, வம்பள

blatter in Bengali

বাজে বকুনি, অর্থহীন কথা, দ্রুত গতির একটি শব্দ, বৃষ্টির জোরালো শব্দ, বাজে কথা বলা, সশব্দে দ্রুতবেগে চলা

Forms of blatter

Noun
pluralblatters
Verb
third-person singular presentblatters
present participleblattering
past participleblattered
pastblattered

Origin of blatter

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

Words formed from blatter

Questions about blatter

What does blatter mean?
Blatter means blather; foolish talk.
What is blatter in Tamil?
Blatter in Tamil is வன்காற்று மழை, சடசடவென்று அடிக்கும் வன்காற்று மழை, சடசடவென்ற இரைச்சலுடன் பெய். See Blatter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blatter?
Blatter can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce blatter?
Blatter is pronounced /ˈblat.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of blatter?
The plural of blatter is blatters.

Words near blatter in the dictionary

  1. blattarians
  2. blatted
  3. blattellastanoside
  4. blattellid
  5. blattellids
  6. blatter
  7. blatteration
  8. blatterations
  9. blattered
  10. blatterer
  11. blatterers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blatter (page history and authors); blatter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blatter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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