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verb

ˈprāt

Definition of prate

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich

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as in tattle

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Recent Examples of prate

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Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines. — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004

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Service is incredibly attentive and personable; everyone will want to stop and chat throughout the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
And in 2023, Tierra Whack and Lil Yachty chatted about hip-hop in Brooklyn, before Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane kept the conversation going.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of chat

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The diary takes in all the tittle tattle, including rumors around a Paramount bid for ITV, a re-up of The Crown EP Andy Harries’ Sony contract and a heroic Channel 4 comms chief swooping in to save the day after hacks were locked out of the traditional King’s College banquet.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Vigilantes, Sutton says, call out and tattle on co-workers for petty crimes such as being two minutes late or a messy desk.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

Definition of tattle

Verb

Sitting in one of the ship’s myriad bars and talking to strangers is one of the most interesting, and often lovely, things a person can do on board.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Wells' friends said Wells did not return to the mainland with them, choosing instead to stay behind to talk with a girl, a claim his family has disputed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of talk

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Marouane Zotti, who plays Luca, Buteau’s love interest in Survival of The Thickest, has flown in from Italy to join the group, while Peppermint gabs with Odyssey actor and close friend Elliot Page.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
With tensions simmering, the two hit the road and find themselves on twisty lanes, in colorful villages, at local pubs, and with handsome men whose gift of the gab is surpassed only by their charm.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 5 June 2026

Definition of gab

Verb

This was already noticed long before the emergence of AI chatbots with the power to converse.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
Users can access dots through OpenAI's ChatGPT platform, Altman said, adding that in the future, people will be able to converse with the agents by phone and text.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of converse

Noun

The public is simply not buying it and is looking for an alternative. Enough of the twaddle about how voting Democratic is voting to save democracy.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
Perhaps News Nation is trying to assume the mantle of Fox News as a dispenser of right-wing twaddle, or (to be more charitable) of CNN as a sober neutral voice.

— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023

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