Noun: prate preyt
- Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
"The old men's prate about the weather seemed to go on forever";
- prattle, idle talk, blether [UK, dialect], chin music [US, informal], blather, twattle [UK, dialect]
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
"The old man prated on about the weather";
- chatter, piffle [informal], palaver [informal], tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], maunder, prattle, blab [informal], gibber, tattle, blabber [informal], gabble, vapour [Brit, Cdn], vapor [US], rabbit [Brit, informal], jibber-jabber, witter [Brit, informal], twattle [UK, dialect], yatter [Brit, informal], yabber [informal]
Derived forms: prating, prates, prated
Type of: chatter, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, yack [informal], yackety-yak [informal], yak [informal], yakety-yak [informal], yatter [informal]