prattled; prattling
ˈprat-liŋ 
ˈpra-tᵊl-iŋ
1
: prate
They prattled on into the night about the old days.
2
: to utter or make meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children : babble
: to say in an unaffected or childish manner
Examples of prattle in a Sentence
They prattled on into the night, discussing school, music, and friends.
spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular
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Luckily, we will no longer be inundated with responses from these prevalent LLMs that prattle on about mythical creatures.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026
Bazzana would prattle on about his cage work, his posture and his attack angle.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The father, Man, prattles on about mowing the lawn, painting the fence, and managing their orchard’s irrigation, while the son periodically falls off his chair from boredom.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026
Bazzana would prattle on about his cage work, his posture and his attack angle.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The father, Man, prattles on about mowing the lawn, painting the fence, and managing their orchard’s irrigation, while the son periodically falls off his chair from boredom.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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“Prattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prattle. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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