Meaning of PRATTLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pratl
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- [n] idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- [v] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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| | Synonyms: | | blab, blabber, blether, chatter, chin music, clack, gabble, gibber, idle talk, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prate, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| | See Also: | | babble, blather, blether, blither, cackle, chatter, mouth, smatter, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, yack, yak, yakety-yak | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Prat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prattled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Prattling}.] [Freq. of prate.]
To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and
artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
\Prat"tle\, v. t.
To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason.
--Addison.
\Prat"tle\, n.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial
subjects; prate; babble.
Mere prattle, without practice. --Shak.
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