Prate

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  • intransitive verb. To talk idly and at length; chatter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To talk idly or boastfully; be loquacious; chatter; babble.
  • To utter foolishly; chatter.
  • noun. Idle or childish talk; prattle; unmeaning loquacity; twaddle.
  • noun. Synonyms See prattle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
  • intransitive verb. To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
  • noun. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
  • verb. To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  • noun. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
  • Word Usage
    "The same pople who used to prate about "moral clarity" now argue that we should overlook criminality."
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    cackle  chatter  yack  yak  yakety-yak  
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