blatter
See also: Blatter, blätter, and Blätter
English
Etymology 1
Latin blaterāre
Noun
blatter (countable and uncountable, plural blatters)
- Blather; foolish talk.
- A sound of rapid motion.
Verb
blatter (third-person singular simple present blatters, present participle blattering, simple past and past participle blattered)
- (intransitive) To blather.
- (intransitive) To hurry or rush noisily.
Noun
blatter (uncountable)
- 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.
- 1901, Good Words (volume 42, page 7)
Anagrams
- Barlett, Bartelt, Brattel, Talbert, battler, brattle