Definition of "prattle" [prat•tle]

• To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate. (verb-intransitive)
• To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling. (verb-transitive)
• Idle or meaningless chatter; babble. (noun)
• A sound suggestive of such chattering; a babbling noise. (noun)

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• "THAT kind of instruction could save a life, whereas Violence Policy Cener prattle is only empty political rhetoric."
• "Hear its prattle, which is nothing but the mind beginning to stir!"
• "He wouldn't have to listen to the "prattle" (ie, intelligent discussion which doesn't happen to agree with the pure B.S. Armey himself was spewing on the show) because ... why not, exactly?"