prattle

noun

/ˈprætl/

[uncountable] (old-fashioned, often disapproving)

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verb

/ˈprætl/

[intransitive] (old-fashioned, often disapproving)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they prattle	/ˈprætl/ /ˈprætl/
he / she / it prattles	/ˈprætlz/ /ˈprætlz/
past simple prattled	/ˈprætld/ /ˈprætld/
past participle prattled	/ˈprætld/ /ˈprætld/
-ing form prattling	/ˈprætlɪŋ/ /ˈprætlɪŋ/

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to talk a lot about things that are not important
- prattle on/away She let him prattle away.
- prattle about something What are you two prattling about?
- prattle on/away about somebody/something She prattled on about her children all evening.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle Low German pratelen, from praten, probably of imitative origin.