The meaning of Prattling

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

Usage examples:

Psychobabble

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

All the blather coming out of washington about crime

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

→  blather informal

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

I won't blither on too much about the job itself

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

adjective

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Usage examples:

A blithe disregard for the rules of the road

verb

Laugh in a loud, harsh way.

Usage examples:

She cackled with laughter

noun

A loud, harsh laugh.

Usage examples:

Her delighted cackle

verb

To make the loud sound of a chicken, or (of a person) to laugh or talk in a loud, high voice

Usage examples:

The hens cackled in alarm., he burst into cackles of laughter.

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

verb

To talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose

Usage examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie., birds chattered in the trees., the printer wa…

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Don't talk such drivel!

verb

Talk nonsense.

Usage examples:

He was drivelling on about the glory days

noun

Something written or said that is completely worthless; nonsense

Usage examples:

The papers are filled with drivel about movie stars.

verb

Talk rapidly and unintelligibly.

Usage examples:

He gabbled on in a panicky way until he was dismissed

noun

Rapid unintelligible talk.

Usage examples:

She wasn't very good at the random gabble of teenagers

verb

To speak quickly and not clearly so that it is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Gabble away she started gabbling away at me in spanish and i didn't understand a word., gina, as us…

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

verb

Light informal conversation for social occasions

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

verb

To speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Jay was jabbering on about this and that.

verb

Talk in a rambling manner.

Usage examples:

Dennis maundered on about the wine

verb

To talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time

Usage examples:

Tony continued to maunder on about his great passion., he maundered about her being the best thing …

verb

Make a repeated light tapping sound.

Usage examples:

A flurry of rain pattered against the window

noun

A repeated light tapping.

Usage examples:

The plashing patter of steady rain

verb

Talk at length without saying anything significant.

Usage examples:

She pattered on incessantly

verb

Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something.

Usage examples:

I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half

verb

To talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time

Usage examples:

Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

noun

A walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

Based at 18 excellent country houses, they have a wide choice of walks from gentle rambles to adven…

verb

To walk for pleasure, esp. in the countryside

Usage examples:

I love to ramble through the woods., it was hard to listen to her ramble on and on about her vacati…

verb

Dribble at the mouth; slaver.

Usage examples:

He was slabbering like a child

verb

Gossip idly.

Usage examples:

According to some tattling sources, he never quite gave her up

noun

Gossip; idle talk.

Usage examples:

For each story of mine, a titbit of town tattle must be exchanged

verb

To secretly tell someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble

Usage examples:

Did you tattle on us to the teacher?

noun

Talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true

verb

(of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds.

Usage examples:

Sparrows twittered under the eaves

noun

A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds.

Usage examples:

His words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter

noun

The name of a social networking site on the internet for communicating with people quickly

verb

Give a sharp, shrill bark.

Usage examples:

The dachshunds yapped at his heels

noun

A sharp, shrill bark.

Usage examples:

Frenzied yaps of delight

verb

(of a small dog) to make short, high sounds

Usage examples:

If you weren’t so busy yapping you wouldn’t have missed our exit.