prate
verb
ˈprāt 
prated; prating
intransitive verb
: to talk long and idly : chatter
prate noun
prater noun
pratingly
ˈprā-tiŋ-lē
adverb 
Synonyms
- babble
- blab
- cackle
- chaffer [British]
- chat
- chatter
- chin [slang]
- converse
- gab
- gabble
- gas
- jabber
- jaw
- kibitz
- kibbitz
- natter
- palaver
- patter
- prattle
- rap
- rattle
- run on
- schmooze
- shmooze
- talk
- visit
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Example Sentences
the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich
Recent Examples on the Web Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines. 
Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004
Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German pratten to pout
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
prating 1 of 2
noun
as in prattle
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- prattle
- gabble
- yammering
- jawing
- babble
- jabber
- blab
- gibber
- chatter
- patter
- vaunt
- drivel
- gibberish
- swagger
- verbosity
- egotism
- self-conceit
- bloviation
- windiness
- rhetoric
- pomposity
- turgidity
- oratory
- rhapsody
- self-importance
- wind
- rodomontade
- magniloquence
- rant
- grandiloquence
- bombast
- braggadocio
- brag
- bluster
- hot air
- fanfaronade
- bull
- gasconade
- rhodomontade
- gas
- cockalorum
prating
2 of 2verb
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich Synonyms & Similar Words
- chatting
- talking
- conversing
- prattling
- chattering
- gabbling
- nattering
- palavering
- rattling
- babbling
- jabbering
- blabbing
- chaffering
- gabbing
- cackling
- pattering
- jawing
- schmoozing
- discussing
- gossiping
- twittering
- kibitzing
- rapping
- chinning
- visiting
- gassing
- blowing smoke
- kibbitzing
- shmoozing
- chewing the rag
- tattling
- running on
- talking a blue streak
- descanting
- expatiating
- yammering
- chewing the fat
- shooting the breeze
- yapping
- yakking
- yacking