Prattle meaning

prătl
prattled prattles prattling
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Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
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Prattle means baby talk.

An example of prattle is a childish babble.

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Prattle is defined as to speak in a childish way.

An example of prattle is telling a story in a high pitched baby voice.

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To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
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To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
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To speak in a childish way; babble.
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Idle chatter.
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Childish babble.
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(intransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.
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Silly, childish, talk; babble.
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Origin of prattle

  • Frequentative of prate

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

  • prate +"Ž -le (“early modern English frequentative suffix")

    From Wiktionary

Prattle Sentence Examples

  • Formal speeches are but an empty prattle, which God regards not: Ps. xlvii.

  • The prattle of the little ones and their pleasure in the stories I told them of elf and gnome, of hero and wily bear, are pleasant things to remember.

  • Once your wife has arrived home, now is not the time to distract her with endless prattle of the day's events.

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