EGAVE

prate

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
  2. verb To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.

Similar words

twaddle blabber gabble chatter prattle gibber maunder tittle-tattle tattle piffle

Often followed by

of about and to so not as in on

Word family

prated prater praters prates prating pratingly

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