† prittlev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. = prittle-prattle v.Used only in conjunction with prattle.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]
cacklec1230
chattera1250
clapc1315
jangle1377
blabberc1380
trattlea1425
pratea1475
chat1483
prattlea1500
prittle-prattlea1555
gabble1566
blatter?1567
gaggle1577
clacket1579
knap1581
prittle1583
clack1590
volley1591
tattle1593
prabble1603
out-babble1649
garrulate1656
gabber?1661
chime1697
spiel1904
chitter-chatter1928
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. ix. 482 If it be a vertue thus to prittle and prattle of euerie bodie uncertaine tales, but most certaine discredites.
1637 T. Heywood Royall King i. sig. Bv Welch. Awe man, you prittle and prattle nothing but leasings and untruths.
1657 T. Jordan Fancy's Festivals iii. i. l. 264 Let's prittle and prattle,..This glass of Canary we'l toss up..For 'tis a good Health to my Gossip.
1780 G. A. Stevens Songs in Cabinet of Fancy iii. i. 22 While, prittling, prattling, all day long, We dance to the echo of our tongue.
a1800 Outlandish Knight xv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 59/2 Don't prittle nor prattle, my pretty parrot, Nor tell no tales of me.
1852 G. Daniel Democritus in London vi. 86 The guns all prittled, prattled, And the cannons roar'd and rattled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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