VERB | communication | prattle, chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
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NOUN | communication | prattle, prate, idle talk, blether, chin music | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
Sounds | prae'tahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. | |
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Synonyms | prate, idle talk, blether, chin music | |
Broader | yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle | noisy talk |
Spanish | cháchara, conversación insustancial, conversación vana, disparate, parleta | |
Catalan | claca, enraonadissa, rall, xerrola | |
Verbs | prattle | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
Meaning | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble | |
Narrower | babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither | To talk / talk foolishly |
Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
Spanish | charlar, cotillear, disparatar, garlar, parlotear | |
Catalan | desbarrar, garlar, parlotejar, xerrar | |
Nouns | prattle | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
prattler | someone who speaks in a childish way |
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