prattle
verb (used without object)
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
prattles
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present tense formof prattle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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I think often about his 2014 appearance on “WTF with Marc Maron” because you can hear Maron’s frustration at Mulaney’s composure build while he prattles charmingly on.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
Rachel, who narrates the novel, prattles on about her love life, her parents, and the cartoonishly loud suits of her journalist boss.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2020
As he spirals downward, he prattles on about the impossibility of fidelity in marriage, the power struggle between men and women — more echoes of Mamet, but without his misogyny.
From Time ● Nov. 5, 2013
He prattles away about Nutella and Frosted Flakes, complains about typos and losing his remote.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2013
At three years of age, he prattles like my father did, but I attend to every lisping word he speaks.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
