PRATE


Meaning of PRATE in English

v. & n.

--v.

1. intr. chatter; talk too much.

2 intr. talk foolishly or irrelevantly.

3 tr. tell or say in a prating manner.

--n. prating; idle talk.

Derivatives:

prater n. prating adj.

Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG praten, prob. imit.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.