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prattle (verb) (PRAHT'l), prattles; prattled; prattling
1. To talk or to babble idly or without a purpose: The group in the corner of the auditorium continued to prattle even after they were asked to stop.
2. To go on and on talking or chattering foolishly about something: Deloris loves to prattle on and on about the cute activities of her puppy.

Today we're looking for one of the most feared creatures here in the desert.

When other animals hear it, they scurry away to avoid becoming prey.

I see one! And it looks like it caught a victim.

. . . blah, blah, blah, yakity yak, yak . . . blah, blah, blah, yakity yak, yak . . . blah, blah, blah . . . .

And there it is . . . The dreaded prattlesnake!

—Compiled from "Frank and Ernest" comic strip;
by Bob Thaves; in Google Go Comics; November 21, 2010.
This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group P (page 4)