Prate Definition

prāt
prated, prates, prating
verb
prated, prates, prating
To tell idly; blab.
Webster's New World
To talk much and foolishly; chatter.
Webster's New World
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noun
prates
Idle talk; chatter.
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Other Word Forms of Prate

Noun

Singular:
prate
Plural:
prates

Origin of Prate

  • From Middle English praten; related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat"), Low German praten, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate"), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip"), Icelandic prata; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit"), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove"). Cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber"), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English praten from Middle Dutch prāten

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Prate Sentence Examples

  • I can't stand to hear him prate on and on about his new hobby.

  • Although her baby was cute, I didn't want to sit there and listen to her prate about him all day.

  • As designated driver, Hannah had to listen to her drunk friends prate about nonsense until they finally fell asleep in the car.

  • I do not like to spend time with my aunt, who is known to prate for hours about her ridiculous religious beliefs.

  • Quentin almost fell alseep as his dull teacher continued to prate on about the history of the Civil War.

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Words Starting With

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