prate n : idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

1. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

Verb

1. To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
2. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.

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