4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. t.
To utter as prattle; to babble; as to prattle treason.
--Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, n.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial
subjects; prate; babble.
Mere prattle, without practice. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prattle
n : idle or foolish talk [syn: {prate}, {idle talk}, {blether},
{chin music}]
v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle},
{twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber},
{gabble}]
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