Associations to the word «Prating»

Wiktionary

PRATE, noun. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
PRATE, verb. To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

Dictionary definition

PRATE, noun. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
PRATE, verb. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke