verb
- talking foolishly or at tedious length
Usage: present participle of ‘prate’
noun
- foolish or tedious talk
Usage: gerund form
Examples
- He kept prating about his achievements all evening.
- Stop prating and get to the point.
- The politician was prating on about tax reform.
- Her constant prating annoyed everyone at the meeting.
- I’m tired of his endless prating about sports.
- The professor’s prating made the lecture unbearable.