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prating

prating is the present participle and gerund of prate.

Meaning of prate

Verb

prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
    • Thou ſowre and firme-ſet Earth / Heare not my ſteps, which they may walke, for feare / Thy very ſtones prate of my where-about, / And take the preſent horror from the time, / Which now ſutes with it.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Noun

prating (plural pratings)

  1. foolish chatter
    • a tale will pay no stipend.
      These fifty winters have I borne this staff,
      And will not lose my porridge for my prating.1781, Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother, Act 1 Scene 2

Forms of prating

pluralpratings

Questions about prating

What does prating mean?
Prating means foolish chatter.
What is prating the present participle and gerund of?
Prating is the present participle and gerund of prate.
What part of speech is prating?
Prating is a noun.
What is the plural of prating?
The plural of prating is pratings.

Words near prating in the dictionary

  1. Pratimoksha
  2. pratincole
  3. pratincoles
  4. pratincoline
  5. pratincolous
  6. prating
  7. pratingly
  8. pratings
  9. pratioside
  10. Pratipada
  11. pratique

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