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prating

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prate  (prt)
v. prat·ed, prat·ing, prates
v.intr.
To talk idly and at length; chatter.
v.tr.
To utter idly or to little purpose.
n.
Empty, foolish, or trivial talk; idle chatter.

[Middle English praten, from Middle Dutch prten.]

prater n.
prating·ly adv.
Translations
prating (o.f.) [ˈpreɪtɪŋ] ADJparlanchín
prating
nGefasel nt, → Geschwafel nt


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Thou art always prating to me, Starbuck, about those miserly owners, as if the owners were my conscience.
``Thou hast been drinking more than enough, friar,'' said the woodsman, ``and, I fear, prating more than enough too.
Among others was a prating barber, whose tale of one of his brothers follows.
 
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