prattle

prattle
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. chitchat, babbling, chatter. —v. i. murmur, chatter, babble, jabber. See loquacity, speech.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. twaddle, drivel, chatter; see nonsense 1 .
v.
Syn. gush, jabber, chatter; see babble .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
chatter, babble, blather, twaddle, drivel, jabber, blabbing.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate. See WORDS. 2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, rattle (on), run on. Informal: go on, spiel. Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull). See WORDS. II noun 1. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, twaddle. See WORDS. 2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, small talk. Slang: gab, gas, yak. See WORDS.

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  • Prattle — Prat tle, n. Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble. [1913 Webster] Mere prattle, without practice. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prattle — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prattle — (v.) 1530s, frequentative of PRATE (Cf. prate) (q.v.). Related: Prattled; prattling. The noun is attested from 1550s …   Etymology dictionary

  • prattle — chatter, patter, prate, gab, *chat, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prattle — [n] babble blubbering, burble, chatter, chit chat, drivel, gab, gabble, gibberish, gossip, hot air*, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jargon, murmur, ranting, small talk, tattling, trivial talk, twaddle; concepts 266,278 …   New thesaurus

  • prattle — ► VERB ▪ talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way. ► NOUN ▪ foolish or inconsequential talk. ORIGIN Low German pratelen, related to PRATE(Cf. ↑prate) …   English terms dictionary

  • prattle — [prat′ l] vi., vt. prattled, prattling [MLowG pratelen, akin to MDu praten, PRATE] 1. PRATE 2. to speak in a childish way; babble n. 1. idle chatter 2. childish babble prattler …   English World dictionary

  • prattle — v. 1) to prattle endlessly 2) (D; intr.) to prattle (on) about (he prattled on endlessly about his operation) * * * [ prætl] to prattle endlessly (D; intr.) to prattle (on) about (he prattled on endlessly about his operation) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • prattle — prattler, n. prattlingly, adv. /prat l/, v., prattled, prattling, n. v.i. 1. to talk in a foolish or simple minded way; chatter; babble. v.t. 2. to utter by chattering or babbling. n. 3. the act of prattling. 4. chatter; babble: the prattle of… …   Universalium

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