prattle
Silly, childish talk; babbleSilly, childish talk; babble.
» We prattle a lot and do little.
Мы много болтаем и мало делаем. — marafon
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1 senses(uncountable)Silly, childish talk; babble.
Geplapper
ле́петlépet, болтовня́boltovnjá
- idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
Examples
6 sentencesWe prattle a lot and do little.
ruМы много болтаем и мало делаем. — marafon
You prattle a lot and do little.
ruВы много болтаете и мало делаете. — marafon
You guys prattle a lot and do little.
ruВы много болтаете и мало делаете. — marafon
Instead of you prattling on, let's learn together.
She spent an hour prattling on about her new job.
deSie hat eine Stunde über ihre neue Arbeit gelabert. — Waldelfe
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From prate + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch pruttelen andFrom prate + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch pruttelen and Dutch preutelen (“to mutter”).
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Synonyms
137 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.