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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
treason
.
Addison.

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.
[dim. of prate.] To talk much and idly; to be loquacious on trifling subjects.
This word is particularly applied to the talk of children.

PRAT'TLE

,
Noun.
Trifling talk; loquacity on trivial subjects.
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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

prattle (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:nonsense
  • See also Wikisaurus:chatter

Translations

References

  • prattle, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000)

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