PRATTLE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

2.
v.

To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason. Addison.

3.
n.

Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble. Mere prattle, without practice. Shak.


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