prattle
verb
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, ˈpra-tᵊl-iŋ \
Definition of prattle
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Other Words from prattle
Verb
, ˈpra-tᵊl-ər \
noun
, -tᵊl-iŋ- \
adverb
Synonyms for prattle
Synonyms: Verb
babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chat, chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit
Synonyms: Noun
abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, slobber
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Examples of prattle in a Sentence
Verb
They prattled on into the night, discussing school, music, and friends. spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particularNoun
parents often claim to understand the prattle of their infant offspring
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Someone is eating with his or her child or family, just having a quiet dinner, and shouting at them, screaming, demanding and prattling on about all these points. — Fox News, "Ingraham: When the inmates run the immigration asylum," 26 July 2018 Middle Sister prattled on about how an atom having six principal quantum numbers can yield several emission lines, or some such. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "Algren Award runner-up: "Most Best Happy Korean Bright Star" by Michelle Massie," 2 June 2018 The chapter is mostly made up of faintly (and not-so-faintly) ignorant rednecks who prattle on about their own superiority and sense of grievance that their pure white ways of life are being distorted and corrupted by the Jews and the blacks. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman draws a ham-fisted line from white supremacy’s past to its present," 15 May 2018 In a city that prattles endlessly about celebrating diversity, the Seaport stands as just the opposite. — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, "The latest evidence the Seaport isn’t getting diversity right: La Casa de Pedro’s problems," 13 May 2018 Instead of acting cool and sophisticated our narrator prattled like a flibbertigibbet. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction Chronicle: A Moonshine-Lit Kentucky Noir," 6 Apr. 2018 Butler prattles on about rush-hour traffic patterns. — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, "Don't Try to Change Jimmy Butler," 9 Oct. 2017 The ensuing dinner scene demonstrates some of Feiffer's best writing, as Patsy's parents prattle on like the most memorable of the cartoonist's vapid authority figures. — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, "Comedy / Film The still-relevant satire Little Murders is the best movie in town this week," 14 Aug. 2017 One of the young players prattled on excitedly about his team’s upcoming season— — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, "Sammy Watkins Is Done Talking; He's Ready to Play," 3 Aug. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
No one has ever listened to me prattle on for this long before. — The Washington Post, AL.com, "Doritos developing quieter chips specifically for women," 5 Feb. 2018 Away from the incessant prattle of social media and the knee-jerk demands for harsh immediate action, a variety of perspectives was considered. — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, "World Series: Yuli Gurriel incident elicits attempts to bridge cultural divide," 28 Oct. 2017 They are allowed to prattle on about vague problems in America. — Dom Giordano, Philly.com, "Sports media wrong to glorify athletes who snub national anthem," 13 Sep. 2017 The Supreme Court’s seating chart requires the two to sit next to each other, and like plenty of SCOTUS seatmates before them, the justices often whisper to each other when lawyers at the lectern prattle on. — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, "The Next Ginsburg and Scalia?," 30 May 2017 Her boys laughed at her pretensions, prattle, and lack of culture. — Longreads, "A Portrait of the Artist as an Undocumented Immigrant," 21 June 2017 Perhaps part of what Slobodchikoff deems prairie-dog language is just useless prattle. — Ferris Jabr, New York Times, "Can Prairie Dogs Talk?," 12 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prattle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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