Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BLATTER blaterāre. Influenced by other expressive verbs ending in -er.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ə/Category:English 2-syllable words#BLATTERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BLATTER
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblæt.əɹ/Category:English 2-syllable words#BLATTERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BLATTER
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ər/Category:English 2-syllable words#BLATTERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BLATTER

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

blatter (countable and uncountable, plural blatters)Category:English lemmas#BLATTERCategory:English nouns#BLATTERCategory:English uncountable nouns#BLATTERCategory:English countable nouns#BLATTERCategory:English countable nouns#BLATTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLATTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLATTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLATTER

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 […]

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   • 1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 8:

     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.

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Verb

blatter (third-person singular simple present blatters, present participle blattering, simple past and past participle blattered)Category:English lemmas#BLATTERCategory:English verbs#BLATTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLATTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLATTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLATTER

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BLATTER) To blather.
2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BLATTER) To hurry or rush noisily.

References

Anagrams

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