prattling
Going on endlessly
Prattling is talking at length about trivial matters in a childish or foolish way.
The word suggests idle chatter without substance: The guests sat prattling about the weather.
A prattling brook babbles as it flows.
The base verb is prattle, with prattler for someone who does it habitually.
babbling
Incoherent or infantile speech
babble · patter · blather · yammer · twaddle · maunder · burble · blether · nattering · wittering
chatty
Inclined to converse freely
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- volubleInclined to talk freely
talkative · verbose · gabby · mouthy · gossipy · long-winded · windy · wordy · effusive · blabbering
- chatterchat, chatting, chitchat, chit-chat, gab session
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
- nonsense talkjabbering, blathering, gibberish, drivel, nonsense
- talkingtalking, chatting, conversing, gabbing, jabbering
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
verbal quantity/volubility
prattlingsilent
Producing no sound
mute · taciturn · quiet · mum · speechless
speech quality/substance
prattlingeloquent
Fluent and persuasive
articulate · pithy · concise · succinct · meaningful