How to pronounce prattle?

prattle

noun, verb

The word prattle sounds like prat-tle

/'prætəl/

verbspeak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

nounidle or foolish and irrelevant talk

Prattle is defined as the act of talking at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
It can also refer to the chatter or babble of young children.

The word prattle comes from the Middle English word "pratelen", which means to chatter or babble.
It is related to the Old High German word "prazalōn" and the Swedish word "prat", both of which have similar meanings.

Prattle is generally considered an informal word.
It is commonly used in casual conversations, but not often used in formal or professional contexts.

Yes, prattle can be used to describe the chatter or babble of young animals, especially birds.
For example, the sound of a flock of birds chirping and chattering can be described as prattle.

Prattle is generally seen as a negative word.
It implies that someone is talking in a foolish or inconsequential way, often without making any meaningful points.

In the poem "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot, there is a line that says: "I had not thought death had undone so many/ Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled,/ And each man fixed his eyes before his feet./ Flowed up the hill and down King William Street,/ To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours/ With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine./ There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying: 'Stetson!/ 'You who were with me in the ships at Mylae!/ 'That corpse you planted last year in your garden,/ 'Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?/ 'Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed?'/ O keep the Dog far hence, that's friend to men,/ Or with his nails he'll dig it up again!/ 'You! hypocrite lectuer!—mon semblable,—mon frère!'/ "
In this excerpt, the word "prattle" is not used directly, but the overall theme of meaningless talk and futile questioning can be associated with the concept of prattle.