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Webster 1913 Edition
Prattle
Prat′tle
,Verb.
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.
Prat′tle
,Verb.
T.
To utter as prattle; to babble;
as, to
. prattle
treasonAddison.
Prat′tle
,Noun.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
Mere
prattle
, without practice. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Prattle
PRAT'TLE
,Verb.
I.
This word is particularly applied to the talk of children.
PRAT'TLE
,Noun.
Mere prattle without practice,
Is all his soldiership.
Definition 2024
prattle
prattle
English
Verb
prattle (third-person singular simple present prattles, present participle prattling, simple past and past participle prattled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.
Derived terms
Translations
to talk incessantly; to babble
Noun
prattle (uncountable)
- Silly, childish, talk; babble.
- c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act I, scene I, line 27
- Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.
- c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act I, scene I, line 27
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:nonsense
- See also Wikisaurus:chatter
Translations
babble
References
- prattle, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000)