prater

prate

P0503300 (prāt)intr.v. prat·ed, prat·ing, prates To talk idly and at length; chatter: "Your eccentric fools who prate about method without understanding it" (Edgar Allan Poe).

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[Middle English praten, from Middle Dutch prāten.]

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prat′er n.prat′ing·ly adv.

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prater - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerbabbler, chatterer, spouter, chatterbox, magpiespeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"