Meanings
plural prattlers
- One who prattles or is inclined to do so.
The patrolman had the misfortune to be assigned a beat that ran past the house of Ms. McDougall, a notorious prattler and neighborhood gossip.
2 more examples
“I am glad, Nanny,” says Mrs Miller, “the gentleman hath made the observation; I protest I am almost of his opinion. What can be the matter with you, child? I never saw such an alteration. What is become of all your gaiety? Would you think, sir, I used to call her my little prattler? She hath not spoke twenty words this week.”
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling[…] the lisper, the burrer, the infant prattler, and the foreign stumbler over our speech […]
1889, Voice Magazine, Werner, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Danish ordgyder
- ordgydersomeone who prattles
German Schwatzmaul
- Schwatzmaulsomeone who prattles
Irish gliogaire
- gliogairesomeone who prattles
Māori komarero, arero kapekapetau
- komarerosomeone who prattles
- arero kapekapetausomeone who prattles
Swahili mpayukaji
- mpayukajisomeone who prattles
Cite this entry
prattler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prattler
“prattler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prattler. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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