Definition of Prate

1. Noun. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.

Exact synonyms: Blether, Chin Music, Idle Talk, Prattle
Generic synonyms: Cackle, Chatter, Yack, Yak, Yakety-yak
Derivative terms: Blether, Prattle

2. Verb. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. "Sam and Sue prate"

Definition of Prate

1. v. i. To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

2. v. t. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.

3. n. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

Definition of Prate

1. Noun. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. ¹

2. Verb. To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prate

1. to chatter [v PRATED, PRATING, PRATES] - See also: chatter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prate

praseodymian
praseodymium
praseodymiums
praseolite
prases
prasine
prasines
prasinophyte
prasinophytes
prasinous
prasoid
prasugrel
prat about
prat digger
prate (current term)
prated
prateful
prater
praters
prates
pratfall
pratfallen
pratfalling
pratfalls
pratfell
pratic
pratie
praties
pratincole

Literary usage of Prate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"low ; to purchase ; to copy. To take out, loquacious. !• ' move ; to withhold ; to withdraw ; to swal- TALKATIVE, (tawk'-a-tiv) a. Full of prate ; part, ..."

2. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"Pjatte [vi] prate, chatter, -gaas [c] chafe' box. ... [vt] mix up; [vi] prate, jabber. — til room for; gor —! make way! clear Ut way! gere el. give — for ..."

3. Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1894)
"... DE prate c. BAUDE DE SAUTE. 1542. File 9, No. 74. Allegation of inability of plaintiff to 57. get redress abroad owing to partiality of foreign court. ..."

4. Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1894)
"... DE prate c. BAUDE DE SAUTE. 1542. File 9, No. 74. Allegation of inability of plaintiff to 57. get redress abroad owing to partiality of foreign court. ..."

5. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"She first did wit's prerogative remove, And made a fool presume to prate of love. Let honor and preferment go for gold, But glorious beauty is not to ..."

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