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Noun: prattle  pra-t(u)l
  1. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
    - prate, idle talk, blether [UK, dialect], chin music [US, informal], twattle [UK, dialect], blather
Verb: prattle  pra-t(u)l
  1. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    - chatter, piffle, palaver [informal], prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], maunder, blab [informal], gibber, tattle, blabber [informal], gabble, vapour [Brit, Cdn], rabbit [Brit, informal], vapor [US], twattle [UK, dialect], witter [Brit, informal], yabber [Brit, informal], yatter [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: prattles, prattling, prattled

Type of: cackle, chatter, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, yack [informal], yackety-yak [informal], yak, yakety-yak, yatter [informal]

Encyclopedia: Prattle