Prattle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
  • v. To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
  • n. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
  • n. A sound suggestive of such chattering; a babbling noise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.
  • n. Silly, childish, talk; babble.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
  • v. To utter as prattle; to babble.
  • n. Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To talk artlessly and childishly; talk freely and idly, like a child; chatter; be loquacious; prate.
  • To force or effect by talking; bring or lead by prattling.
  • To utter in a babbling or childish manner.
  • n. Artless or childish talk; hence, puerile loquacity; twaddle.
  • n. Synonyms Prattle, Prating, Chat, Chatter, Babble, Tattle, Gossip, Gabble, Palaver, Twaddle, Gibberish, Jargon, Balderdash, Rigmarole. Prattle is generally harmless, if not pleasant, as the prattle of a child, or of a simple-minded person; prating now generally suggests the idea of boasting or talking above one's knowledge; chat is easy conversation upon light and agreeable subjects, as social chat beside an open fire; chatter is incessant or abundant talk, seeming rather foolish and sounding pretty much alike; babble or babbling is talk that is foolish to inaneness, as that of the drunkard (Prov. xxiii. 29); tattle is talk upon subjects that are petty, and especially such as breed scandal; gossip is the small talk of the neighborhood, especially upon personal matters, perhaps dealing with scandal; gabble is a contemptuous word, putting the talk upon the level of the sounds made by geese; palaver implies that the talk is either longer than is necessary, or wordy, or meant to deceive by flattery and plausibility; twaddle is mere silliness in talk; gibberish is mere sounds strung together without sense; jargon is talk that is unintelligible by the mingling of sounds or by the lack of meaning; balderdash is noisy nonsense; rigmarole is talk that has the form of sense, but is really incoherent, confused, or nonsensical.
  • 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
    prattled    prattles    prattling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cackle    chatter    yak    yack    yakety-yak   
    Form
    prattled    prattling    prattlingly    prattler   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prate    babble    chatter    murmur    nonsense   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Battle    Seattle    battle    brattle    cattle    chattel    embattle    rattle    tattle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    babble    gabble    chatter    babbling    gibberish    drivel    impulsiveness    banter    gibber    clamor