All prate synonyms
prate
P p verb prate
- dished β concave: a dished face.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- bs β BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
- chitchatting β light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
- go ape β any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- natter β to talk incessantly; chatter.
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- give voice to β If you give voice to an opinion, a need, or a desire, you express it aloud.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- nattering β to talk incessantly; chatter.
- clack β If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other.
- chatter β If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
- caw β When a bird such as a crow or a rook caws, it makes a loud harsh sound.
- chat β When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
- crow β A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
- dishing β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- cawing β harsh cries
- flip one's lid β a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- give a good account of oneself β If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- babble β If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- bad mouth β Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- blabbering β to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- yack β to talk, especially uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter: They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
- gibber β to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
- hotdog β to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- gassed β drunk.
- gossip β idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- bloviate β to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- yacking β to talk, especially uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter: They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- yak β a loud, hearty laugh.
- go bananas β (Idiomatic) To go mad.
- have a big mouth β to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
- enthuse β Say something that expresses one's eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- gush β to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- brag β If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- gab β to talk or chat idly; chatter.
- gabble β to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
- hotdogging β the act of one who hot-dogs; the performance of intricate, daring, or flamboyant stunts.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- flatter oneself β to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
- yap β to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
- hold forth β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- blow one's top β to lose one's temper
noun prate
- jabberwocky β a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- dirty laundry β personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- gossipry β Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- earful β an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- clothesline β A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.