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Another word for prate

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Verb

  1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly

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  2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially

      1. A wild, shaggy-haired ox (Bos grunniens) of the mountains of central Asia.
      2. A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk.
      1. Either of two bony or cartilaginous structures that in most vertebrates form the framework of the mouth and hold the teeth.
      2. The mandible or maxilla or the part of the face covering these bones.
      3. Any of various structures of invertebrates that have an analogous function to vertebrate jaws.
      1. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.
      2. A substance in the gaseous state.
      3. A gaseous fuel, such as natural gas.
      1. To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
      2. Idle talk; chatter.
      1. A lengthy or extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
      2. To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly.
      1. Used other than as an idiom: see go,"Ž on.
      2. To continue in extent.
      3. To continue an action.
      1. Matter that is appended or added without a formal break.
      2. A derived term, often formed by the addition of an affix, that is included undefined at the end of a dictionary entry.
      1. To secure ratlines to (shrouds).
      1. To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
      2. To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
      3. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
      1. Idle chatter.
      2. Talk intended to charm or beguile.
      3. A negotiation or discussion concerning matters in dispute, especially in the traditional cultures of West Africa.
      1. To talk rapidly or unintelligibly.
      2. To utter rapidly or unintelligibly.
      3. Rapid or babbling talk.
      1. To make an abrupt, sharp sound, as in the collision of two hard surfaces.
      2. To chatter thoughtlessly or at length.
      3. To cackle or cluck, as a hen.
      1. Casual conversation; small talk.
      2. Gossip.
      3. To engage in small talk or gossip.
      1. To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects; jabber.
      2. To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds:
      3. To click quickly and repeatedly:
      1. To chatter; babble.
      2. Idle chatter.
      3. A blabbermouth.
      1. To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds:
      2. To talk foolishly or idly; chatter:
      3. To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
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Noun

  1. Unintelligible or foolish talk

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  2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk

      1. A wild, shaggy-haired ox (Bos grunniens) of the mountains of central Asia.
      2. A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk.
      1. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.
      2. A substance in the gaseous state.
      3. A gaseous fuel, such as natural gas.
      1. To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
      2. Idle talk; chatter.
      1. Casual or trivial conversation.
      1. To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
      2. To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
      3. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
      1. Idle chatter.
      2. Talk intended to charm or beguile.
      3. A negotiation or discussion concerning matters in dispute, especially in the traditional cultures of West Africa.
      1. To talk rapidly or unintelligibly.
      2. To utter rapidly or unintelligibly.
      3. Rapid or babbling talk.
      1. Casual conversation; small talk.
      2. Gossip.
      3. To engage in small talk or gossip.
      1. To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects; jabber.
      2. To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds:
      3. To click quickly and repeatedly:
      1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.
      2. To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.
      3. An informal, light conversation.
      1. To chatter; babble.
      2. Idle chatter.
      3. A blabbermouth.
      1. To reveal (secret matters), especially through indiscreet or unreserved talk.
      2. To reveal secret matters indiscreetly.
      3. To chatter thoughtlessly or indiscreetly.
      1. To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds:
      2. To talk foolishly or idly; chatter:
      3. To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
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Sentence Examples

  • I can't stand to hear him prate on and on about his new hobby.

  • I do not like to spend time with my aunt, who is known to prate for hours about her ridiculous religious beliefs.

  • Although her baby was cute, I didn't want to sit there and listen to her prate about him all day.

  • Quentin almost fell alseep as his dull teacher continued to prate on about the history of the Civil War.

  • prate not in this prison room, smartly on to his head.

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