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PRATTLE

\pɹˈatə͡l], \pɹˈatə‍l], \p_ɹ_ˈa_t_əl]\

Definitions of PRATTLE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Prattler.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To prate or talk much and idly: to utter child's talk.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Silly or childish talk.
To talk sillily or like a child.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Empty and idle chatter.
To talk much and idly, as a child.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Trifling talk; the pleasant trivial conversation of young children.
To talk like a child, to chatter; to talk lightly.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Trifling or childish tattle; prate.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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