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prattled

prattled is the simple past and past participle of prattle.

Meaning of prattle

Verb

prattle (third-person singular simple present prattles, present participle prattling, simple past and past participle prattled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.
    • And as E. Rushmore Coglan prattled of this little planet I thought with glee of a great almost-cosmopolite who wrote for the whole world and dedicated himself to Bombay.1906, O. Henry, A Cosmopolite in a Café

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Questions about prattled

What is prattled the simple past and past participle of?
Prattled is the simple past and past participle of prattle.

Words near prattled in the dictionary

  1. pratting around
  2. prattish
  3. prattle
  4. prattlebox
  5. prattleboxes
  6. prattled
  7. prattlement
  8. prattlements
  9. prattler
  10. prattlers
  11. prattles

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