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prattler
[
prat
-l
]
prat·tle
/
ˈpræt
l
/
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prat
-l
]
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verb,
prat·tled,
prat·tling,
noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
verb (used with object)
2.
to utter by chattering or babbling.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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noun
3.
the act of prattling.
4.
chatter; babble:
the prattle of children.
5.
a babbling
sound
:
the prattle of water rushing over stones.
Origin:
1525–35;
<
Middle Low German
pratelen
to chatter, frequentative of
praten
to
prate
;
see
-le
Related forms
prat·tler,
noun
prat·tling·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
1.
gab, jabber, gabble, blab.
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prattle
(ˈpræt
ə
l)
—
vb
1.
(
intr
) to talk in a foolish or childish way; babble
2.
(
tr
) to utter in a foolish or childish way
—
n
3.
foolish or childish talk
[C16: from Middle Low German
pratelen
to chatter; see
prate
]
'prattler
—
n
'prattlingly
—
adv
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