Meaning

3 senses

  1. To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.

  2. To blab; to reveal a secret.

    разбалтыватьrazbaltyvatʹ, выбалтыватьvybaltyvatʹ

  3. (UK, obsolete)To stick out one's tongue.

More definitions
  • speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Examples

7 sentences

  1. What are you blabbering about?

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  2. What are you blabbering on about?

    ruО чём ты тут мелешь? — Ooneykcall

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  3. Those people in the living room are blabbering carelessly.

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  4. Gustavo didn’t stop blabbering.

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  5. She kept blabbering about how her boyfriend is kind, compassionate, brave, and whatnot.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to let out a secret:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English blaberen.

Inherited from Middle English blaberen.

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Forms

blabbers, blabbering, blabbered, blabbered
Base formblabber · to blabber
3rd person singularblabbers
Present participleblabbering
Past simpleblabbered
Past participleblabbered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblabber
he, she, itblabbers

Past simpleLesson

all personsblabbered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blabbered
he, she, ithas blabbered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blabber

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedblabbererblabbermouthedblabbery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
biweeklybizarreB2blabbermouthblackA1
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