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# prattle

«prattle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to chatter on in a light, childish way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (prattles, prattled, prattling); noun (prattles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To prattle is to chatter on in a light, childish way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/#m1)

2) Prattle is such chatter, especially of young children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a child's chatter or a lot of silly talk.

### examples

- Hold your prattling, said the Ogre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/#x1)
- The children's prattle filled the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/#x2)
- The little boy prattled about his dog all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prattle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.