prattleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈpræt.əl/us/ˈpræt̬.əl/to talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important:
She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if I'd let her.
Stop your prattling and go to sleep!
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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prattle
noun [ U ] ukus
His speech contained nothing new and was full of political prattle and clichés.
prattler
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpræt.əl.ər/us/ˈpræt̬.əl.ɚ/
Fiona's such a prattler - I wish she'd get to the point!