Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click Thesaurus above for synonyms. Also, follow synonym links within the dictionary to find definitions from other sources.

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
prattle
    n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate,
         prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music]
    v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
         [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
         tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
         gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prattle \Prat"tle\, n.
   Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial
   subjects; prate; babble.
   [1913 Webster]

         Mere prattle, without practice.          --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prattled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Prattling.] [Freq. of prate.]
   To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and
   artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. t.
   To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason.
   --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for prattle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
absurdity, accents, amphigory, babble, babblement, babbling, balderdash, bavardage, be closeted with, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather, blathering, blether, blethers, blither, bombast, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chattering, chitter-chatter, clack, claptrap, clatter, comment, conversation, coze, crap, discourse, dither, double-talk, drivel, drool, elocution, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flummery, folderol, foolishness, fudge, fustian, gab, gabber, gabble, gabbling, galimatias, gam, gammon, garbage, gas, gibber, gibbering, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on, gobbledygook, going on, gossip, guff, gush, haver, hocus-pocus, hogwash, hooey, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jabberwocky, jargon, jaw, jawing, language, make conversation, maunder, maundering, mere talk, moonshine, mumbo jumbo, mumbo-jumbo, narrishkeit, natter, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk, oral communication, pack of nonsense, palaver, palavering, parole, patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rant, rapping, rattle, rattle on, reel off, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rot, rubbish, run on, skimble-skamble, speaking, speech, spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, swill, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tattle, tete-a-tete, tittle-tattle, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, twitter, vapor, vaporing, visit, waffle, waffling, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking
Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy