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verb

Definition of pratesnext
present tense third-person singular of prate
as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich

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noun

plural of prate
as in babbles

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  1. small talk
  2. table talk
  3. chatter
Noun
  • Officers who were staging for the undercover operation reported that Schoonover engaged in small talk with them with before entering a room at the hotel.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Sometimes the cars stacked up as people made small talk with her at the drive-through window.
    John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of small talk
Noun
  • Each monthly box includes three recipe guides, skill lessons, a kitchen tool, a kitchen project, an apron patch, table talk cards, and a grocery list.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Almost everything about Thanksgiving, from travel to table talk about politics, has the potential to become fraught.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of table talk
Noun
  • The vibe of the evening is a slow crescendo, our chatter building to the point where three or four of us are simultaneously talking into our phones and thrusting them in front of one another, all with a remarkable sense of good cheer.
    Joe Ray, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The world is filled with chatter about whether AI can fulfill its promise in delivering ROI to the enterprise.
    R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatter
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