Prate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To talk idly and at length; chatter.
  • v. To utter idly or to little purpose.
  • n. Empty, foolish, or trivial talk; idle chatter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
  • v. To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
  • v. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
  • n. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To talk idly or boastfully; be loquacious; chatter; babble.
  • To utter foolishly; chatter.
  • n. Idle or childish talk; prattle; unmeaning loquacity; twaddle.
  • n. Synonyms See prattle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  • n. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
  • Verb Form
    prated    prates    prating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cackle    chatter    yak    yack    yakety-yak   
    Form
    prated    prating    prattler    prattle    pratingly    prater   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    babble    chatter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts