PALAVER vs PRATTLE: NOUN
- Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
- Synonyms and See prattle, n.
- Flattery; adulation; talk intended to deceive.
- Parley; conference.
- A long talk; a parley; a conference, such as takes, place between travelers or explorers and suspicious or hostile natives; superfluous or idle talk.
- A dodge; a contrivance; a plot.
- In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
- A negotiation or discussion concerning matters in dispute, especially in the traditional cultures of West Africa.
- Talk intended to charm or beguile.
- Idle chatter.
- Flattery intended to persuade
- Business; an affair to be settled; affairs.
- Loud and confused and empty talk
- Disagreement
- A meeting at which there is much talk.
- Talk, especially unnecessary talk, fuss.
- A village council meeting.
- Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
- Synonyms Prattle, Prating, Chat, Chatter, Babble, Tattle, Gossip, Gabble, Palaver, Twaddle, Gibberish, Jargon, Balderdash, Rigmarole. Prattle is generally harmless, if not pleasant, as the prattle of a child, or of a simple-minded person; prating now generally suggests the idea of boasting or talking above one's knowledge; chat is easy conversation upon light and agreeable subjects, as social chat beside an open fire; chatter is incessant or abundant talk, seeming rather foolish and sounding pretty much alike; babble or babbling is talk that is foolish to inaneness, as that of the drunkard (Prov. xxiii. 29); tattle is talk upon subjects that are petty, and especially such as breed scandal; gossip is the small talk of the neighborhood, especially upon personal matters, perhaps dealing with scandal; gabble is a contemptuous word, putting the talk upon the level of the sounds made by geese; palaver implies that the talk is either longer than is necessary, or wordy, or meant to deceive by flattery and plausibility; twaddle is mere silliness in talk; gibberish is mere sounds strung together without sense; jargon is talk that is unintelligible by the mingling of sounds or by the lack of meaning; balderdash is noisy nonsense; rigmarole is talk that has the form of sense, but is really incoherent, confused, or nonsensical.
- Silly, childish, talk; babble.
- Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
- Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- Artless or childish talk; hence, puerile loquacity; twaddle.
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: VERB
- To discuss with much talk.
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- Have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
- To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole.
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To talk idly or at length.
- To flatter or cajole.
- To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
- To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
- To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To utter as prattle; to babble.
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To flatter; cajole.
- To talk idly or plausibly; indulge in palaver.
- To utter in a babbling or childish manner.
- To force or effect by talking; bring or lead by prattling.
- To talk artlessly and childishly; talk freely and idly, like a child; chatter; be loquacious; prate.
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: RELATED WORDS
- Clack, Hot air, Tattle, Blandishment, Cajolery, Rhetoric, Blarney, Gibber, Gabble, Prate, Chatter, Prattle, Piffle, Blabber, Twaddle
- Maunder, Chin music, Tittle tattle, Idle talk, Clack, Tattle, Blether, Prate, Piffle, Gibber, Palaver, Chatter, Twaddle, Gabble, Blabber
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Sweet talk, Coax, Cajole, Inveigle, Clack, Tattle, Cajolery, Rhetoric, Gibber, Gabble, Prate, Chatter, Prattle, Piffle, Blabber
- Blather, Blab, Drivel, Babble, Chin music, Idle talk, Clack, Tattle, Blether, Prate, Piffle, Gibber, Chatter, Gabble, Blabber
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Make my trip need to get over this palaver and get their act together to have this resolved asap.
- He wanted the natives to go in and makee-catchee the machine, and there was a big palaver about it.
- There are woods to play in, a front porch to palaver from, and rabbits and deer aplenty.
- The uncle understood all this perfectly, and he was doing his part toward success, by prolonging the palaver.
- He's smarter, too, than those her blowzy, raddled mother usually chooses, and Mia is taken by his smart-ass palaver.
- An occasional user, she has dropped by to palaver and maybe buy a little something for the weekend.
- Suppose you tell me what it is and we can dispense with all this secret palaver.
- Contrary to rhizomatic palaver, at least these are never mistaken for sheer agency.
- It is there that Roland finally catches Walter and they palaver.
- Like a congressional investigation or some other wasteful palaver.
- Olivier felt it: he stopped in the middle of his prattle, and had nodesire to go on.
- Prattle, prate, gossip, stratagem, finesse, artifice, delusion, chat, easy conversation, familiar talk, crafty device, piece of knavery.
- The ideas beneath all this overcooked rumbledethumps of inane prattle barely even qualify as thoughts.
- Interprovincial trade woes get short shift as leaders prattle on.
- Prattle of the sexes: Do women talk more than men?
- Then they prattle on as if all preconditions are off.
- Debbie remembers hearing Shayla prattle on about it, too.
- Miss Maudie shuts up their prattle with icy remarks.
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- Prate, prattle, babble, clack, gabble, clatter, jabber, talk loudly.
PALAVER vs PRATTLE: QUESTIONS
- Was the palaver enough to warrant Congressional hearings?
- What would David prattle on about in a conversation?
- Do you interrupt people with their childish prattle?