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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prattle .
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Examples
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A family friend has an expression for when someone prattles on and on about something: "Angas," pronounced like the cattle.
When It's Right to 'Unwrite' Karen Blumenthal 2011
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Mr. Dundee prattles on about ethnic cleansing by Israeli authorities in Palestine.
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Obsessed with gaining entré into a final club, he prattles on about the access he could give her to people she "wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to meet," the prestige of the club's alumni, and how he needs to do something noteworthy to be punched.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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Obsessed with gaining entré into a final club, he prattles on about the access he could give her to people she "wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to meet," the prestige of the club's alumni, and how he needs to do something noteworthy to be punched.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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Obsessed with gaining entré into a final club, he prattles on about the access he could give her to people she "wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to meet," the prestige of the club's alumni, and how he needs to do something noteworthy to be punched.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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"Because I'm on your show, I agree with Whoopi -- I think there should be mosques everywhere," Colbert prattles on manically.
Stephen Colbert walks out on 'The View' Lisa de Moraes 2010
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Keep in mind this is the same Goldberg that prattles on about violating the First Amendment by firing Williams but saw no contradiction when she stormed off the The View set recently in indignation at O'Reilly's bigoted remarks.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Will NPR Cave on Williams Firing? Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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No reading between the lines when Romney prattles on, what you hear is what you got.
Pat LaMarche: Romney Just Keeps On Telling the Truth Pat LaMarche 2012
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Keep in mind this is the same Goldberg that prattles on about violating the First Amendment by firing Williams but saw no contradiction when she stormed off the The View set recently in indignation at O'Reilly's bigoted remarks.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Will NPR Cave on Williams Firing? Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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Obsessed with gaining entré into a final club, he prattles on about the access he could give her to people she "wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to meet," the prestige of the club's alumni, and how he needs to do something noteworthy to be punched.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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