Meaning of prattle in English
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Pronunciation
/ˈprædl/US accent
UK accent
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prattleEtymology
mid 16th century: from Middle Low German pratelen, from praten (see prate)Definitions
1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlyDerived terms
- babbler
- balderdash
- baloney
- betrayer
- bilgewater
- blabber
- blether
- boloney
- bosh
- cackle
- causerie
- chatter
- chatterbox
- chatterer
- chin-wag
- chin-wagging
- chin music
- chitchat
- drool
- empty talk
- empty words
- fiddle-faddle
- gab
- gabble
- gabfest
- gossip
- hot air
- humbug
- idle talk
- informer
- jabber
- jabbering
- magpie
- palaver
- piffle
- prate
- prater
- prattler
- rat
- rhetoric
- small talk
- spouter
- squealer
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tittle-tattle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- twaddle
- twaddler
- yack
- yak
- yakety-yak
Noun
prattleDefinitions
1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talkDerived terms