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ˈpræt lprat·tle
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
prattle
Most of these words are onomatopoetic. The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succession of what are to the listener meaningless sounds. Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling. To chat is to talk in an easy, pleasant way, not without sense, but without special purpose. Chatting is the practise of adults, prattling that of children. To prate is to talk idly, presumptuously, or foolishly, but not necessarily incoherently. To jabber is to utter a rapid succession of unintelligible sounds, generally more noisy than chattering. To gossip is to talk of petty personal matters, as for pastime or mischief. To twaddle is to talk feeble nonsense. To murmur is to utter suppressed or even inarticulate sounds, suggesting the notes of a dove, or the sound of a running stream, and is used figuratively of the half suppressed utterances of affection or pity, or of complaint, resentment, etc. Compare SPEAK.
Synonyms:
babble, blab, blurt, blurt out, cackle, chat, chatter, gabble, gossip, jabber, murmur, palaver, prate, tattle, twaddlePreposition:
Babies babble for the moon; the crowd babbles of a hero; the sick man babbles of home.
Princeton's WordNet
prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin musicverb
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
Synonyms:
prate, idle talk, blether, chin musicchatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabbleverb
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms:
inveigle, chitchat, brattle, mumble, cluck, shoot the breeze, babble, let the cat out of the bag, twaddle, clatter, gossip, sing, palaver, blarney, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, sweet-talk, chew the fat, mutter, peach, tattle, natter, wheedle, visit, confab, blab out, coax, gibber, cajole, blab, talk, spill the beans, piffle, confabulate, click, jaw, babble out, mussitate, prate, chat, chatter, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#94 | click | |
#399 | visit | |
#816 | talk | |
#962 | chat | |
#5694 | sing | |
#9152 | gossip | |
#11696 | peach | |
#14220 | jabber | |
#14387 | jaw | |
#18842 | chatter | |
#24461 | coax | |
#32248 | babble | |
#41253 | murmur | |
#45799 | mutter | |
#59455 | clack | |
#60743 | blarney | |
#66769 | mumble | |
#76720 | clatter | |
#84202 | cluck | |
#95599 | blab | |
#98647 | blabber | |
#100407 | piffle | |
#101001 | chitchat | |
#102071 | prattle | |
#102240 | tattle | |
#107899 | blurt | |
#116761 | twaddle | |
#118874 | cackle | |
#119502 | palaver | |
#121050 | brattle | |
#122207 | natter | |
#122461 | confab | |
#128384 | maunder | |
#133033 | cajole | |
#177826 | gibber | |
#189313 | claver | |
#231985 | prate | |
#268867 | wheedle | |
#275657 | gabble | |
#319135 | chaffer |
How to use prattle in a sentence?
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night , Act I scene ii:
What the great ones do, the less will prattle of
He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
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