prattle - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo! Education
Reference
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
World Factbook
Spanish Dictionary
Anatomy
Conversion Calculator

Word of the Day
rationale
Definition: (noun) an underlying reason or explanation.
Petersons.com
Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
Add to My Yahoo! View RSS Feed
About My Yahoo! and RSS »
  

prat·tle  audio  (prtl) KEY 

VERB:
prat·tled, prat·tling, prat·tles
VERB:
intr.
To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
VERB:
tr.
To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
NOUN:
  1. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
  2. A sound suggestive of such chattering; a babbling noise.
ETYMOLOGY:
Frequentative of prate

OTHER FORMS:
prattler(Noun), prattling·ly(Adverb)


 Visit our partner's site
Provided by Houghton Mifflin
logoeReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer