BLATHERING (ON) Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

blathering (on)

verb

Definition of blathering (on)

present participle of blather (on)

as in going on

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life

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The location of his injury has led some to wonder if he’ll be hindered — Judge did slump for a few weeks while playing through pain prior to going on the IL — but Boone didn’t share those concerns on Tuesday.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
The only thing going on in my mind was, ‘Get your head over the ball’.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of going on

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Throughout the latter two videos, Ivey spoke to the camera while driving his car and rambling through various evangelical talking points.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
This rambling 1,200-acre Southern California ranch has both and much more, plus a supremely private and scenic locale on the outskirts of the historic community of San Juan Capistrano.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026

Definition of rambling

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The song was a frenetic evolution of Brooklyn drill—the grimy, bone-rattling subgenre of hip-hop popularized by Bobby Shmurda—and its instrumental by the British producer 808Melo gave it a brash East London bounce.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
The blockade choked one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and Iran dictated where the war’s frontline would be, rattling the global economy.

— Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of rattling

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An important milestone in this path is a fault-tolerant computer with over 100 million gates running on 200 qubits.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
While the flagship sports are running on USA Network, parent company Versant has also begun to use CNBC (which is also about as widely distributed as cable channels can get) for some sports, and turning Fandango into a streaming destination.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of running on

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