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prattled

verb , past tense of prattle

Synonyms and Antonyms of prattled

1 to engage in casual or rambling conversation

spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular

Synonyms of prattled

babbled, blabbed, cackled, chaffered [British], chatted, chattered, chinned [slang], conversed, gabbed, gabbled, gassed, jabbered, jawed, kibitzed (also kibbitzed), nattered, palavered, pattered, prated, ran on, rapped, rattled, schmoozed (or shmoozed), talked, twittered, visited

Words Related to prattled

gossiped, tattled

descanted, discussed, expatiated

yakked (also yacked), yammered, yapped

Phrases Synonymous with prattled

blew smoke, chewed the fat (also chewed the rag), shot the breeze, talked a blue streak

2 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

stop prattling and calmly tell us the news

Synonyms of prattled

babbled, bumbled, chatted, chattered, driveled (or drivelled), drooled, gabbled, gibbered, jabbered, sputtered

Words Related to prattled

blabbered, blathered, bleated, blithered, gabbed, jangled, jawed, pattered, prated, ran on, rattled, smattered, tittle-tattled, trolled, yakked (also yacked)

chuntered [British], maundered, mouthed, mumbled, murmured, muttered

stammered, stuttered

screeched, shouted, shrieked

Near Antonyms of prattled

articulated, enunciated, pronounced

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