prattle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prattle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for prattle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prattle n idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prattled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prattling}.] [Freq. of prate.] To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. t. To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, n. Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble. Mere prattle, without practice. --Shak.