prattles
prattles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prattle.
Meaning of prattle
Verb
prattle (third-person singular simple present prattles, present participle prattling, simple past and past participle prattled)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, carp, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag
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