prattle — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.

   Usage

   • Transitive or intransitive

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   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.

   I looked across at Anna, and I noticed that her eyes had grown strangely blank, without expression. I felt instinctively that the subject brought up by Victor was one she would not have chosen. Victor, insensitive to this, went prattling on.

Noun

1. Silly, childish talk; babble.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.

   [...] if you fatigue people by haying them always present, if you encourage or repeat their prattle and their sports; [...]

Noun

1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

   Synonyms

   prateidle talkbletherchin music

   Broader terms

   yakyackyakety-yakchattercackle

Verb

1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   Synonyms

   chatterpifflepalaverpratetittle-tattletwaddleclackmaunderblabgibbertattleblabbergabble

   Broader terms

   talkspeakuttermouthverbalizeverbalise