Definition

1. Noun:

   • Idle, foolish, or irrelevant talk: "Prattle" refers to meaningless, childish, or trivial chatter, often perceived as silly or unimportant.

2. Verb:

   • To speak rapidly and incessantly about unimportant matters: The verb "to prattle" means to talk in a continuous, rapid, and often foolish or trivial way.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • I couldn't concentrate on my work because of the constant prattle from the next room.
  • His speech was dismissed as mere political prattle.

• Verb:

  • The children prattled on happily about their day at the zoo.
  • She prattled incessantly about celebrity gossip.

Advanced Usage

• "To prattle on (about something)": To talk continuously and at length about something trivial.

  • He prattled on about the weather for twenty minutes.

• "Infantile prattle": Chatter that is particularly childish or naive.

  • The manager had no patience for what he called the team's infantile prattle.

Variants and Related Words

• Prattler (n): A person who prattles.
  • He's a harmless old prattler who loves company.

Synonyms

• Noun: Babble, chatter, drivel, gibberish, twaddle.
• Verb: Babble, chatter, gabble, jabber, blather.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Prattle on: To continue talking in a trivial or foolish manner.
  • Once she starts about her garden, she'll just prattle on forever.

Related Idioms

• Prattle like a parrot: To repeat things mindlessly or talk incessantly without much thought.
  • The trainee just prattled like a parrot, repeating the manual without understanding it.

Noun

1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

Verb

1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly