prattle
verb/ˈprætl/
/ˈprætl/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, often disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prattle | /ˈprætl/ /ˈprætl/ |
| he / she / it prattles | /ˈprætlz/ /ˈprætlz/ |
| past simple prattled | /ˈprætld/ /ˈprætld/ |
| past participle prattled | /ˈprætld/ /ˈprætld/ |
| -ing form prattling | /ˈprætlɪŋ/ /ˈprætlɪŋ/ |
- to talk a lot about things that are not important
- prattle on/away She let him prattle away.
- prattle about something What are you two prattling about?
- prattle on/away about somebody/something She prattled on about her children all evening.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle Low German pratelen, from praten, probably of imitative origin.
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