English-Thai Dictionary

prattle

N การ พูด ไร้สาระ  kan-phud-rai-sa-ra

 

prattle

VI พูด ไร้สาระ  พูดจ้อ  chitchat chat twaddle phud-rai-sa-ra

 

prattle about

PHRV พร่ำ  พูด เกี่ยวกับ  pram

 

prattle away

PHRV พูดเรื่อยเปื่อย  พูด เจื้อย แจ้ง ไป เรื่อย  phud-ruai-puai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRATTLE

v.i.[dim. of prate. ] To talk much and idly; to be loquacious on trifling subjects. This word is particularly applied to the talk of children.

 

PRATTLE

n.Trifling talk; loquacity on trivial subjects. Mere prattle without practice,
Is all his soldiership.

 

PRATTLEMENT

n.Prattle.

 

PRATTLER

n.An idle talker.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRATTLE

Prat "tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Prattling. ]Etym: [Freq. of prate. ]

 

Defn: To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

 

PRATTLE

PRATTLE Prat "tle, v. t.

 

Defn: To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason. Addison.

 

PRATTLE

PRATTLE Prat "tle, n.

 

Defn: Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble. Mere prattle, without practice. Shak.

 

PRATTLEMENT

PRATTLEMENT Prat "tle *ment, n.

 

Defn: Prattle. [R.] Jeffrey.

 

PRATTLER

PRATTLER Prat "tler, n.

 

Defn: One who prattles. Herbert.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prattle

prat tle |ˈpratl ˈprædl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way: she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist. ▶noun foolish or inconsequential talk: do you intend to keep up this childish prattle? DERIVATIVES prat tler |ˈpratlər, ˈpratl-ər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Middle Low German pratelen, from praten (see prate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prattle

prat ¦tle |ˈprat (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way: she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist. ▶noun [ mass noun ] foolish or inconsequential talk: do you intend to keep up this childish prattle? DERIVATIVES prattler noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Middle Low German pratelen, from praten (see prate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prattle

prattle verb he prattled on for ages. See chat (verb ). ▶noun childish prattle. See chatter (noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prattle

prattle verb he loved to prattle on about his friends' affairs: chatter, babble, prate, blather, blether, ramble, gabble, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, rattle on /away, blither, maunder, drivel, patter, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle, yap, jibber-jabber, cackle; Scottish & Irish slabber; informal chit-chat, jaw, gas, gab, blabber, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, shoot one's mouth off; Brit. informal witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle; N. Amer. informal run off at the mouth; Austral. /NZ informal mag; archaic twaddle, clack, twattle. ▶noun do you intend to keep up this childish prattle? chatter, babble, talk, prating, blather, blether, rambling, gabble, jabber, drivel, palaver, tattle; informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabbering, yatter, twaddle; Brit. informal wittering, waffle, waffling, natter, chuntering; archaic clack, twattle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prattle

prat tle /prǽt (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 ｟くだけて ｠ «…について » くだらない話を延々とする, とりとめなく話す «on , about » .名詞 U むだ話, おしゃべり .